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

¹葡萄树的比喻

²Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

²“人子啊！葡萄树的木料怎能胜过树林中的枝子呢？

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

³人可以从葡萄树上取木料制造物件吗？可以从葡萄树上取木料做钉子挂器皿吗？

⁴Behold, 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看哪！已经拋在火里当作燃料，火既烧毁了两端，连中间也烧焦了，它还可以用来制造物件吗？

⁵Behold, 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看哪！它完整的时候，尚且不能用来制造物件，何况它被火烧毁和烧焦了，它还能用来做什么呢？”

⁶Therefore 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因此，主耶和华这样说：“我怎样把树林中的葡萄树拋在火里当作燃料，也必照样对待耶路撒冷的居民。

⁷And 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我必变脸攻击他们；他们虽然从火里逃出来，火仍要吞灭他们；我变脸攻击他们的时候，你们就知道我是耶和华。

⁸And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.

⁸我必使这地荒凉，因为他们行了不忠的事。这是主耶和华的宣告。”