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1. Then the Word of the Lord came to me saying,
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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, how is the wood of the vine better than any wood of a branch among the trees?
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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 wood be taken from it to make anything? Or can men take a piece of wood from it on which to hang a pot?
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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. If it has been put into the fire to burn, and the fire has burned up both of its ends, and the center of it is black from the fire, can it then be used for anything?
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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. See, if it is not used for anything while it is whole, how much less can it ever be used for anything when the fire has burned it up and it has turned black!
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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 the Lord God says, 'Like the wood of the vine among the trees, which I have given to be burned in the fire, so will I give up the people of Jerusalem.
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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 set My face against them. Even if they get away from the fire, the fire will yet destroy them. Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I set My face against them.
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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 lay waste the land, because they have not been faithful,' " says the Lord God.
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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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