And the word of Jehovah will be to me, saying,

Son of man, what is the tree of the vine above every tree, the vine-shoot which was upon the trees of the forest.

Behold, it was given to the fire to consume; the fire consumed its two ends, and the midst of it was burned. Will it succeed for work.

And I gave my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, and the fire shall consume them; and they knew that I am Jehovah in my setting my face against them.

And I gave the land a desolation, because they transgressed a transgression, says the Lord Jehovah.

Behold, in its being whole, it will not do for work: but if the fire consumed it, and it was burnt, did it yet do for work?

Shall wood be taken from it to do for work? or will they take from it a peg to hang upon it any vessel?

For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: As the tree of the vine upon the tree of the forest which I gave it to the fire for consuming, thus I gave the inhabitants of Jerusalem.