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And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
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Son of man, what shall be made of the wood of the vine, out of all the trees of the woods that are among the trees of the forests?
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Shall wood be taken of if, to do any work, or shall a pin be made of it for any vessel to hang thereon?
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Behold it is cast into the fire for fuel: the fire hath consumed both ends thereof, and the midst thereof is reduced to ashes: shall it be useful for any work?
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Even when it was whole it was not fit for work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured and consumed it, shall any work be made of it?
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Therefore thus saith the Lord God: As the vine tree among the trees of the forests which I have given to the fire to be consumed, so will I deliver up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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And I will set my face against them: they shall go out from fire, and fire shall consume them : and you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have set my face against them.
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And I shall have made their land a wilderness, and desolate, because they have been transgressors, saith the Lord God.