Ezekiel 15

1 And the word of YHWH came unto me, saying,

And the word of the Lord was maad to me,

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?

and he seide, Sone of man, what schal be don to the tre of a vyne, of alle the trees of woodis, that ben among the trees of woodis?

3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

Whether tymbre schal be takun therof, that werk be maad? ether shal a stake be maad therof, that ony vessel hange ther onne?

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?

Lo! it is youun in to mete; fier wastide euer eithir part therof, and the myddis therof is dryuun in to deed sparcle; whether it schal be profitable to werk?

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?

Yhe, whanne it was hool, it was not couenable to werk; hou myche more whanne fier hath deuourid, and hath brent it, no thing of werk schal be maad therof?

6 Therefore thus saith the Sovereign YHWH; 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.

Therfor the Lord God seith thes thingis, As the tre of a vyne is among the trees of woodis, which Y yaf to fier to deuoure, so Y yaf the dwelleris 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 YHWH, when I set my face against them.

and Y schal sette my face ayens hem. Thei schulen go out of the fier, and fier schal waaste hem; and ye schulen wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne Y schal sette my face ayens hem,

8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Sovereign YHWH.

and schal yyue the lond with out weie and desolat, for thei weren trespassours, seith the Lord God.