Hiezechielis Prophetæ 15

1 Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens:

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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?

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

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 Et ponam faciem meam in eos: de igne egredientur, et ignis consumet eos: et scietis quia ego Dominus, cum posuero faciem meam in eos,

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 et dedero terram inviam, et desolatam: eo quod praevaricatores extiterint, dicit Dominus Deus.

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