¹Et factus est sermo Domini ad me,And the word of the Lord came to me,dicens:saying:

¹Et factus est sermo Domini ad me,And the word of the Lord came to me,dicens:saying:

²Fili hominis,“Son of man,quid fiet de ligno vitis,what can be made from the stalk of a vine,ex omnibus lignis nemorum quæ sunt inter ligna silvarum?compared to all the plants of the woods that are among the trees of the forests?

²Fili hominis,“Son of man,quid fiet de ligno vitis,what can be made from the stalk of a vine,ex omnibus lignis nemorum quæ sunt inter ligna silvarum?compared to all the plants of the woods that are among the trees of the forests?

³numquid tolletur de ea lignum ut fiat opus,Can any wood be taken from it, so that it may be made into a work,aut fabricabitur de ea paxillus ut dependeat in eo quodcumque vas?or formed into a peg so as to hang some kind of vessel upon it?

³numquid tolletur de ea lignum ut fiat opus,Can any wood be taken from it, so that it may be made into a work,aut fabricabitur de ea paxillus ut dependeat in eo quodcumque vas?or formed into a peg so as to hang some kind of vessel upon it?

⁴Ecce igni datum est in escam:Behold, it is used in the fire as fuel.utramque partem ejus consumpsit ignis,The fire consumes both its ends;et medietas ejus redacta est in favillam: numquid utile erit ad opus?and its middle is reduced to ashes. So how can it be useful for any work?

⁴Ecce igni datum est in escam:Behold, it is used in the fire as fuel.utramque partem ejus consumpsit ignis,The fire consumes both its ends;et medietas ejus redacta est in favillam: numquid utile erit ad opus?and its middle is reduced to ashes. So how can it be useful for any work?

⁵Etiam cum esset integrum,Even when it was whole,non erat aptum ad opus:it was unsuitable for a work.quanto magis cum illud ignis devoraveritHow much more so,et combusserit,when fire has devoured it and burned it up,nihil ex eo fiet operis?will nothing of it be useful?

⁵Etiam cum esset integrum,Even when it was whole,non erat aptum ad opus:it was unsuitable for a work.quanto magis cum illud ignis devoraveritHow much more so,et combusserit,when fire has devoured it and burned it up,nihil ex eo fiet operis?will nothing of it be useful?

⁶Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus:Therefore, thus says the Lord God:Quomodo lignum vitis inter ligna silvarum,Like the stalk of the vine among the trees of the forests,quod dedi igni ad devorandum,which I have given to be devoured by fire,sic tradam habitatores Jerusalem.so will I deliver the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

⁶Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus:Therefore, thus says the Lord God:Quomodo lignum vitis inter ligna silvarum,Like the stalk of the vine among the trees of the forests,quod dedi igni ad devorandum,which I have given to be devoured by fire,sic tradam habitatores Jerusalem.so will I deliver the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

⁷Et ponam faciem meam in eos:And I will set my face against them.de igne egredientur,They will go away from fire,et ignis consumet eos:and yet fire will consume them.et scietis quia ego Dominus,And you shall know that I am the Lord,cum posuero faciem meam in eos,when I will have set my face against them,

⁷Et ponam faciem meam in eos:And I will set my face against them.de igne egredientur,They will go away from fire,et ignis consumet eos:and yet fire will consume them.et scietis quia ego Dominus,And you shall know that I am the Lord,cum posuero faciem meam in eos,when I will have set my face against them,

⁸et dedero terram inviam et desolatam,and when I will have made their land impassable and desolate.eo quod prævaricatores extiterint,For they have stood forth as transgressors,dicit Dominus Deus.says the Lord God.”

⁸et dedero terram inviam et desolatam,and when I will have made their land impassable and desolate.eo quod prævaricatores extiterint,For they have stood forth as transgressors,dicit Dominus Deus.says the Lord God.”