- The word of the LORD came to me:
- "Son of man, how is the wood of a vine better than that of a branch on any of the trees in the forest?
- Is wood ever taken from it to make anything useful? Do they make pegs from it to hang things on?
- And after it is thrown on the fire as fuel and the fire burns both ends and chars the middle, is it then useful for anything?
- If it was not useful for anything when it was whole, how much less can it be made into something useful when the fire has burned it and it is charred?
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- And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
- Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
- Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
- Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
- Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?
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