Ezekiel 15

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 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?

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 of if, to do any work, or shall a pin be made of it for any vessel to hang thereon?

Shall wood be taken of it to do any work? or will [men] take a pin of it to hang any vessel upon it?

4 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?

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 suitable for [any] work?

5 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?

Behold, when it was whole, it was fit for no work: how much less then shall it be fit 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 forests which I have given to the fire to be consumed, so will I deliver up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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 fire, and fire shall consume them: and you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have set my face against them.

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 shall have made their land a wilderness, and desolate, because they have been transgressors, saith the Lord God.

And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.