Hiezechielis Prophetæ 15

1 et factus est sermo Domini ad me dicens

Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

2 fili hominis quid fiet ligno vitis ex omnibus lignis nemorum quae sunt inter ligna silvarum

“Son of man, how is a vine better than any tree with branches that is among the trees in a forest?

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

Do people take wood from a vine to make anything? Or do they make a peg from it to hang anything on it?

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

See! If it is thrown into a fire as fuel, and if the fire has burned both of its ends and also the middle, is it good for anything?

5 etiam cum esset integrum non erat aptum ad opus quanto magis cum ignis illud devoraverit et conbuserit nihil ex eo fiet operis

See! When it was complete, it could not make anything; surely then, when the fire has burned, then it still will not make anything useful.

6 propterea haec dicit Dominus Deus quomodo lignum vitis inter ligna silvarum quod dedi igni ad devorandum sic tradidi habitatores Hierusalem

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: Unlike the trees in the forests, I have given the vine as fuel for fires; I will act in the same way toward 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

For I will set my face against them. Though they come out from the fire, yet the fire will consume them; so you will know that I am Yahweh, when I set my face against them.

8 et dedero terram inviam et desolatam eo quod praevaricatores extiterint dicit Dominus Deus

Then I will make the land into an abandoned wasteland because they have committed sin—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.”