¹ 耶和華的話臨到我說：

² 人子啊，葡萄樹比別樣樹有甚麼強處？葡萄枝比眾樹枝有甚麼好處？

³ 其上可以取木料做甚麼工用，可以取來做釘子掛甚麼器皿麼？

⁴ 看哪，已經拋在火中當作柴燒，火既燒了兩頭，中間也被燒了，還有益於工用麼？

⁵ 完全的時候尚且不合乎甚麼工用，何況被火燒壞，還能合乎甚麼工用麼？

⁶ 所以，主耶和華如此說：眾樹以內的葡萄樹，我怎樣使他在火中當柴，也必照樣待耶路撒冷的居民。

⁷ 我必向他們變臉；他們雖從火中出來，火卻要燒滅他們。我向他們變臉的時候，你們就知道我是耶和華。

⁸ 我必使地土荒涼，因為他們行事干犯我。這是主耶和華說的。

⁵ 地被其上的居民污穢；因為他們犯了律法，廢了律例，背了永約。

¹ I was glad when they said to me, "Let's go to Yahweh's house!"

² Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem;

³ Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together;

⁴ where the tribes go up, even Yah's tribes, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.

⁵ For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David's house.

⁶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.

⁷ Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.