Jerusalem the Useless Vine 1The worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying:
2Thou sonne of man, what commeth of the vine tree, more then of euery other tree, & of the wylde vine stocke among other trees of the forest?
3Do men take wood of it to make any worke withall? or wyll men take a pin of it to hang any vessell theron?
4Behold, it is cast in the fire to be brent, the fire consumeth both the endes of it, the middes of it is brent: is it meete then for any worke?
5Seeing then that it was meete for no worke beyng whole, muche lesse may there any thing be made of it when the fire hath consumed and brent it.
6And therefore thus saith the Lorde god, As the vine tree |