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1. Then the word of the Lord came to me. He said,
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1. And the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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2. "Son of man, are the pieces of wood from a grapevine any better than the little branches cut from trees in the forest? No!
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2. Son H1121 of man H120 , What H4100 is H1961 the vine H1612 tree H6086 more than any H4480 H3605 tree H6086 , or than a branch H2156 which H834 is H1961 among the trees H6086 of the forest H3293 ?
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3. Can you use that wood from a grapevine to make anything? No! Can you use that wood to make pegs to hang dishes on? No!
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3. Shall wood H6086 be taken H3947 thereof H4480 to do H6213 any work H4399 ? or H518 will men take H3947 a pin H3489 of H4480 it to hang H8518 any H3605 vessel H3627 thereon H5921 ?
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4. People throw that wood into the fire. The ends burn, and the middle is scorched.
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4. Behold H2009 , it is cast H5414 into the fire H784 for fuel H402 ; the fire H784 devoureth H398 H853 both H8147 the ends H7098 of it , and the midst H8432 of it is burned H2787 . Is it meet H6743 for any work H4399 ?
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5. If you cannot make anything from that wood before it is burned, you surely cannot make anything from that wood after it is burned!
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5. Behold H2009 , when it was H1961 whole H8549 , it was meet H6213 for no H3808 work H4399 : how much less H637 shall it be meet H6213 yet H5750 for any work H4399 , when H3588 the fire H784 hath devoured H398 it , and it is burned H2787 ?
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6. So people throw the pieces of wood from a grapevine into the fire just like wood from any other tree in the forest. In the same way I will throw the people living in Jerusalem into the fire!" This is what the Lord God said.
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6. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; As H834 the vine H1612 tree H6086 among the trees H6086 of the forest H3293 , which H834 I have given H5414 to the fire H784 for fuel H402 , so H3651 will I give H5414 H853 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 .
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7. "I will punish those people. But some of them will be like the sticks that don't burn completely. They will be punished, but they will not be destroyed completely. You will see that I punished them, and you will know that I am the Lord!
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7. And I will set H5414 H853 my face H6440 against them ; they shall go out H3318 from one fire H784 , and another fire H784 shall devour H398 them ; and ye shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 , when I set H7760 H853 my face H6440 against them.
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8. I will destroy that country because the people left me {to worship false gods}." This is what the Lord God said.
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8. And I will make H5414 H853 the land H776 desolate H8077 , because H3282 they have committed H4603 a trespass H4604 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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