- 1The Lord’s word came to me, saying,
- 2Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?
- 3Will wood be taken of it to make anything? Will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel on it?
- 4Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and its midst is burned: is it profitable for any work?
- 5Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work!
- 6Therefore thus says the Lord the Lord: 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.
- 7I will set my face against them; they shall go out from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.
- 8I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, says the Lord the Lord.