NAB

The word of the LORD came to me:

Son of man,
what makes the wood of the vine
Better than the wood of branches
found on the trees in the forest?

Can wood be taken from it
to make something useful?
Can someone make even a peg out of it
on which to hang a vessel?

Of course not! If it is fed to the fire for fuel,
and the fire devours both ends of it,
Leaving the middle charred,
is it useful for anything then?

Even when it is whole
it cannot be used for anything;
So when fire has devoured and charred it,
how useful can it be?

Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD:
Like vine wood among forest trees,
which I have given as fuel for fire,
So I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

I will set my face against them:
Although they have escaped the fire,
the fire will still devour them;
You shall know that I am the LORD,
when I set my face against them.

Yes, I will make the land desolate,
because they are so unfaithful―
oracle of the Lord GOD.