¶ As the vnprofytable woode of the vyne tree is cast in to the syre, so sayeth he that Ierusalem shalbe brent.
CAPI. XV.
THE worde of the Lord came vnto me, sayinge: Thou sonne of man: What▪ [unspec A] cōmeth of the vyne amonge all other trees? and of the vyne stocke amonge al other tym¦bre of the groaue? Do men take wodde of it, to make any worke with all? Or may there a nayle be made of it, to hange any thynge vpon? Beholde, it is cast in the fyre to be brēt, the fyre consumeth bothe the endes of it / the myddest is brente to asshes. Is it mete then for any worke? No.
Seynge then, that it was mete for no [unspec B] worke, beynge whole: muche lesse may there any thynge be made of it, when the fyre hath consumed and brent it. And therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God: Lyke as I caste the vyne into fyre for to be brente, as other trees of the wod: Euen so wyl I do with them that dwell in Ierusalem, and set my face against them: they shal go out from the fyre, and yet the fyre shall consume them. * 1.1 Then shal ye knowe / that I am the Lorde, when I set my face agaynst them, and make the lande wast: because they haue so sore offended / sayeth the Lorde God.