1And ye word of ye Lord came vnto me, saying, 2Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, [or than] a branch which is among the trees of the forest? 3Shall wood bee taken thereof to doe any worke? or wil men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? 4Behold, it is cast in the fire to be consumed: the fire consumeth both the endes of it, and the middes of it is burnt. Is it meete for any worke? 5Behold, when it was whole, it was meete for no worke: how much lesse shall it bee meete for any worke, when the fire hath consumed it, and it is burnt? 6Therefore thus sayth the Lorde God, As the vine tree, that is among the trees of the forest, which I haue giuen to the fire to be consumed, so will I giue the inhabitants of Ierusalem. 7And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from [one] fire, and [another] fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I set my face against them. 8And when I make the lande waste, because they haue greatly offended, saith the Lord God.