1 et factus est sermo Domini ad me dicens
2 fili hominis quid fiet ligno vitis
ex omnibus lignis nemorum quae sunt inter ligna silvarum
3 numquid tolletur de ea lignum ut fiat opus
aut fabricabitur de ea paxillus
ut dependeat in eo quodcumque vas
4 ecce igni datum est in escam
utramque partem eius consumpsit ignis
et medietas eius redacta est in favillam
numquid utile erit ad opus
5 etiam cum esset integrum non erat aptum ad opus
quanto magis cum ignis illud devoraverit et conbuserit
nihil ex eo fiet operis
6 propterea haec dicit Dominus Deus
quomodo lignum vitis inter ligna silvarum
quod dedi igni ad devorandum
sic tradidi habitatores Hierusalem
7 et ponam faciem meam in eos
de igne egredientur et ignis consumet eos
et scietis quia ego Dominus cum posuero faciem meam in eos
8 et dedero terram inviam et desolatam
eo quod praevaricatores extiterint dicit Dominus Deus
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? 3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? 4 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? 5 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?
6 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them. 8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.