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

1 Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens:

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?

2 ¶ Fili hominis, quid fiet de ligno vitis,
ex omnibus lignis nemorum
quæ sunt inter ligna silvarum?

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

3 numquid tolletur de ea lignum ut fiat opus,
aut fabricabitur de ea paxillus
ut dependeat in eo quodcumque vas?

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?

4 Ecce igni datum est in escam:
utramque partem ejus consumpsit ignis,
et medietas ejus redacta est in favillam:
numquid utile erit ad opus?

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?

5 Etiam cum esset integrum,
non erat aptum ad opus:
quanto magis cum illud ignis devoraverit et combusserit,
nihil ex eo fiet operis?

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.

6 Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus:
Quomodo lignum vitis inter ligna silvarum,
quod dedi igni ad devorandum,
sic tradam habitatores 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.

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

8 et dedero terram inviam et desolatam,
eo quod prævaricatores extiterint,
dicit Dominus Deus.