1La parola del Signore mi fu rivolta in questi termini:2«Figlio d’uomo, il legno della vite che cos’è più di qualunque altro legno? Che cos’è il tralcio che è fra gli alberi della foresta?3Se ne può prendere il legno per farne un qualunque lavoro? Si può forse ricavarne un piolo per appendervi un qualche oggetto?4Ecco, esso è gettato nel fuoco, perché si consumi: il fuoco ne consuma i due capi e il mezzo si carbonizza; è forse adatto a farne qualcosa?5Ecco, mentre era intatto non se ne poteva fare alcun lavoro; quanto meno se ne potrà fare qualche lavoro quando il fuoco l’abbia consumato o carbonizzato!6Perciò, così parla il Signore, Dio: “Com’è tra gli alberi della foresta il legno della vite, che io destino al fuoco perché lo consumi, così farò degli abitanti di Gerusalemme.7Io volgerò la mia faccia contro di loro: dal fuoco sono usciti e il fuoco li consumerà; riconoscerete che io sono il Signore, quando avrò girato la mia faccia contro di loro.8Renderò il paese desolato, perché hanno agito in modo infedele”, dice il Signore, Dio».
Gleichnis: Jerusalem, das unnütze Holz der Weinrebe
1Und das Wort des HERRN geschah zu mir so:2Menschensohn, was hat ⟨denn⟩ das Holz des Weinstocks allem ⟨anderen⟩ Holz voraus, die Ranke, die unter den Bäumen des Waldes ist? (Ger 2,21)3Wird von ihm Holz genommen, um es zu einer Arbeit zu verwenden? Oder nimmt man von ihm einen Pflock, um irgendein Gerät daran aufzuhängen?4Siehe, dem Feuer ist es zum Fraß gegeben. Seine beiden Enden hat das Feuer gefressen, und seine Mitte ist versengt. Wird es ⟨noch⟩ zu einer Arbeit tauglich sein?5Siehe, ⟨selbst⟩ wenn es unversehrt ist, wird es zu keiner Arbeit verwendet. Wie viel weniger, wenn das Feuer es gefressen hat und es versengt ist, kann es noch zu einer Arbeit verwendet werden! –6Darum, so spricht der Herr, HERR: Wie das Holz des Weinstocks unter den Bäumen des Waldes, das ich dem Feuer zum Fraß gebe, so gebe ich die Bewohner von Jerusalem dahin. (Is 5,24; Is 27,11)7Und ich richte mein Angesicht gegen sie: Aus dem Feuer sind sie herausgekommen, doch Feuer wird sie fressen. Und ihr werdet erkennen, dass ich der HERR bin, wenn ich mein Angesicht gegen sie richte. (Ez 19,12)8Und ich werde das Land zur Einöde machen, weil sie Untreue begangen haben, spricht der Herr, HERR[1]. (Ez 6,14; Ez 23,1; Ez 33,29; Ez 39,26)
1And the word of the Lord came to me:2“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any wood, the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest? (Ez 2,1; Ez 15,6)3Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take a peg from it to hang any vessel on it? (Is 22,23)4Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel. When the fire has consumed both ends of it, and the middle of it is charred, is it useful for anything? (Giov 15,6)5Behold, when it was whole, it was used for nothing. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it ever be used for anything! (Ez 15,3)6Therefore thus says the Lord God: Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (Sal 80,8; Is 5,1; Ez 15,4; Ez 17,6; Ez 19,10)7And I will set my face against them. Though they escape from the fire, the fire shall yet consume them, and you will know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them. (2Re 25,9; Ez 6,7; Ez 14,8)8And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted faithlessly, declares the Lord God.” (Ez 6,14; Ez 14,13)
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1And the word of the LORD came unto 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 be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?4Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?5Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?6Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.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 I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.