以西结书 15

1 耶和华的话临到我说：

And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

2 “人子啊，葡萄树比别样树有什么强处？葡萄枝比众树枝有什么好处？

Son of man, what is the wood of the vine more than any wood, —a branch, that is among the trees of the forest?

3 其上可以取木料做什么工用，可以取来做钉子挂什么器皿吗？

Shall wood be taken from it to be wrought into any work? Or will men take a pin of it to hang a vessel upon?

4 看哪，已经抛在火中当作柴烧，火既烧了两头，中间也被烧了，还有益于工用吗？

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the middle of it is burned. Is it then fit for any work?

5 完全的时候尚且不合乎什么工用，何况被火烧坏，还能合乎什么工用吗？”

Behold, when it was whole, nothing could be made of it; how much less can anything be made of it when the fire hath devoured it and it is burned!

6 所以，主耶和华如此说：“众树以内的葡萄树，我怎样使它在火中当柴，也必照样待耶路撒冷的居民。

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give to it the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

7 我必向他们变脸；他们虽从火中出来，火却要烧灭他们。我向他们变脸的时候，你们就知道我是耶和华。

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 Jehovah, when I set my face against them.

8 我必使地土荒凉，因为他们行事干犯我。这是主耶和华说的。”

And I will make the land desolate, because they have grievously trespassed, saith the Lord Jehovah.