¹I dođe mi riječ Jahvina:

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

²"Sine čovječji! U čemu je trs loze bolji od drugih šumskih drveta?

²Son of man, what is the wood of the vine more than any wood, the vine-branch, which is among the trees of the forest?

³Služi li da se od njega štogod načini? Djelja li se od njega klin da se o njega što objesi?

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

⁴Gle, baca se u oganj da izgori: kad mu oganj sažeže oba kraja i sredinu spali, može li još čemu poslužiti?

⁴Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel: the fire consumeth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned; is it fit for [any] work?

⁵Eto, ni onda kad bijaše čitav ništa se od njega ne mogaše načiniti. Pa kako će, dakle, čemu poslužiti kad ga plamen sažga?"

⁵Behold, when it was whole, it was used for no work; how much less when the fire hath consumed it, and it is burned, should it yet be used for any work?

⁶Zato ovako govori Jahve Gospod: "Kao što sam trs loze, među drugim drvetima, bacio u oganj da izgori, tako ću postupati i s Jeruzalemcima!

⁶Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

⁷Upravit ću lice svoje na njih, i kada se iz jednog ognja izbave, drugi će ih proždrijeti. I spoznat ćete da sam ja Jahve kad lice svoje upravim na njih

⁷And I will set my face against them: they shall go forth from [one] fire, and [another] fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah when I set my face against them.

⁸i svu im zemlju opustošim jer mi bijahu nevjerni! - riječ je Jahve Gospoda."

⁸And I will make the land a desolation, because they have wrought unfaithfulness, saith the Lord Jehovah.