1 The word of the LORD came to me:
上帝的话临到我: 
2 "Son of man, how is the wood of a vine better than that of a branch on any of the trees in the forest?
“人子阿，葡萄树比森林中别的树枝能好到哪里去？ 
3 Is wood ever taken from it to make anything useful? Do they make pegs from it to hang things on?
取来的木料作什么用？用来作桩子挂东西吗？ 
4 And after it is thrown on the fire as fuel and the fire burns both ends and chars the middle, is it then useful for anything?
抛在火中当柴烧，两头着火，中间烤焦，还有用吗？ 
5 If it was not useful for anything when it was whole, how much less can it be made into something useful when the fire has burned it and it is charred?
 不烧掉都没什么用，何况被火烧坏，还有什么用？ 
6 "Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: As I have given the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest as fuel for the fire, so will I treat the people living in Jerusalem.
所以，上帝说：我怎样从森林中挑出葡萄树当柴烧，就照样对待耶路撒冷的居民。 
7 I will set my face against them. Although they have come out of the fire, the fire will yet consume them. And when I set my face against them, you will know that I am the LORD .
 我要对他们变脸。他们虽从火中逃离，火又要吞噬他们。我变脸时，你们才知道我是上帝。 
8 I will make the land desolate because they have been unfaithful, declares the Sovereign LORD ."
上帝说：我要使大地荒凉，因为他们不忠。”