1 And the word of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) came unto me, saying,

2 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 Shall wood be taken thereof to do 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 devours both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for [any] work?

5 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 has devoured it, and it is burned?

6 Therefore thus says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER); 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 Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace].

7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from [one] fire, and [another] fire shall devour them; and you2f shall know that I [am] the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), when I set my face against them.

8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER).