15:1 And Dvar YHWH (יהוה) came unto me, saying:
15:2 Ben Adam, What is the vine tree more than any tree, [or than] a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
15:3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will [men] take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
15:4 Hinnei, 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?
15:5 Hinnei, 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?
15:6 Therefore thus saith Adonay (אדני) YHWH (יהוה):
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 Yerushalayim.
15:7 And 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 Ani YHWH (יהוה), when I set My face against them.
15:8 And I will make the land shamem (desolate - שׁמם), because they have committed a trespass, saith Adonay (אדני) YHWH (יהוה).