耶和華的話臨到我說：
And the word of the LORD came to me:
耶和華的話臨到我說：
And the word of the LORD came to me:
「人子啊，葡萄樹比別樣樹有甚麼強處？葡萄枝比眾樹枝有甚麼好處？
“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any wood, the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest?
其上可以取木料做甚麼工用，可以取來做釘子掛甚麼器皿嗎？
Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take a peg from it to hang any vessel on it?
看哪，已經拋在火中當作柴燒，火既燒了兩頭，中間也被燒了，還有益於工用嗎？
Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel. When the fire has consumed both ends of it, and the middle of it is charred, is it useful for anything?
完全的時候尚且不合乎甚麼工用，何況被火燒壞，還能合乎甚麼工用嗎？」
Behold, when it was whole, it was used for nothing. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it ever be used for anything!
所以，主耶和華如此說：「眾樹以內的葡萄樹，我怎樣使它在火中當柴，也必照樣待
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
我必向他們變臉；他們雖從火中出來，火卻要燒滅他們。我向他們變臉的時候，你們就知道我是耶和華。
And I will set my face against them. Though they escape from the fire, the fire shall yet consume them, and you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
我必使地土荒涼，因為他們行事干犯我。這是主耶和華說的。」
And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted faithlessly, declares the Lord GOD.”