Thomson(i)
1 Again a word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 Son of man, Why should the wood of the grape vine be distinguished from the wood of all the branchy trees which are among the trees of the forest?
3 Can men use the wood of it for any kind of workmanship? Can they make a pin of it to hang thereon any utensil?
4 Is it not in a peculiar manner doomed to be consumed by fire? Every year the fire consumeth what is lopped from it. And if a bit of it is left, is it fit for any kind of workmanship?
5 Even when entire it will be unfit for any work: how then, when fire hath burned it to a brand, can it serve for any work?
6 Say therefore, Thus saith the Lord, Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have doomed to be destroyed by fire, so have I doomed the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
7 And I will set my face against them. When they escape out of one fire another shall devour them. And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.
8 And I will make the land a desolation for their apostacy, saith the Lord.