1 Veio a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo: 2 Filho do homem, por que mais é o sarmento de videira que qualquer outro, o sarmento que está entre as árvores do bosque? 3 Toma-se dele madeira para fazer alguma obra? Ou toma-se dele alguma estaca, para que se lhe pendure algum objeto? 4 Eis que é lançado no fogo, para ser consumido; se ambas as suas extremidades consome o fogo, e o meio dele fica também queimado, serviria, acaso, para alguma obra? 5 Ora, se, estando inteiro, não servia para obra alguma, quanto menos sendo consumido pelo fogo ou sendo queimado, se faria dele qualquer obra? 6 Portanto, assim diz o Senhor Deus: Como o sarmento da videira entre as árvores do bosque, que dei ao fogo para que seja consumido, assim entregarei os habitantes de Jerusalém. 7 Voltarei o rosto contra eles; ainda que saiam do fogo, o fogo os consumirá; e sabereis que eu sou o Senhor, quando tiver voltado o rosto contra eles. 8 Tornarei a terra em desolação, porquanto cometeram graves transgressões, diz o Senhor Deus.

1 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest? 3 Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? 4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned: is it profitable for any work? 5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work! 6 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: 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 And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I set my face against them. 8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord Jehovah.

1 The word of the LORD came to me:

2 "Son of man, how is the wood of a vine different from that of a branch from any of the trees in the forest?

3 Is wood ever taken from it to make anything useful? Do they make pegs from it to hang things on?

4 And after it is thrown on the fire as fuel and the fire burns both ends and chars the middle, is it then useful for anything?

5 If it was not useful for anything when it was whole, how much less can it be made into something useful when the fire has burned it and it is charred?

6 "Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: As I have given the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest as fuel for the fire, so will I treat the people living in Jerusalem.

7 I will set my face against them. Although they have come out of the fire, the fire will yet consume them. And when I set my face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.

8 I will make the land desolate because they have been unfaithful, declares the Sovereign LORD."