以西結書 15

1 耶和華的話臨到我說：

The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 「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, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?

3 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？

Shall wood be taken of it to make any work? Or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

4 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？

Look, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and its midst is burned: is it profitable for any work?

5 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？」

Look, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work.

6 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，也必照樣待耶路撒冷的居民。

"Therefore thus says the LORD: '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 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。

I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

8 我必使地土荒涼，因為他們行事干犯我。這是主耶和華說的。」

I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass,' says the LORD."