1And the word of Yehovah came to me, saying, 2Son of man, what is the vine more than any tree, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest? 3Shall wood be taken from it to make any work? or will men take a peg of it to hang any vessel on? 4Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned: is it profitable for any work? 5Behold, when it was whole, it was fit for no work: how much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be fit for any work! 6Therefore thus says the Lord Yehovah: Like the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 7And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am Yehovah, when I set my face against them. 8And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, says the Lord Yehovah.