The Prophecy of Ezechiel — Prophetia Ezechielis
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Chapter 15
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Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens:
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And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
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Word came to me from the Lord:
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Fili hominis, quid fiet de ligno vitis, ex omnibus lignis nemorum quæ sunt inter ligna silvarum?
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Son of man, what shall be made of the wood of the vine, out of all the trees of the woods that are among the trees of the forests?
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So much timber in the forest, son of man! And what of the vine that grows wild there?
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numquid tolletur de ea lignum ut fiat opus, aut fabricabitur de ea paxillus ut dependeat in eo quodcumque vas?
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Shall wood be taken of it, to do any work, or shall a pin be made of it for any vessel to hang thereon?
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What avails the wood of it for any manner of craftsmanship? Who will use it to make so much as a peg that pot or pan should hang from?
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Ecce igni datum est in escam: utramque partem ejus consumpsit ignis, et medietas ejus redacta est in favillam: numquid utile erit ad opus?
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Behold it is cast into the fire for fuel: the fire hath consumed both ends thereof, and the midst thereof is reduced to ashes: shall it be useful for any work?
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And now it has been thrown away to feed the fire; now either end is burnt up altogether, and the middle of it no better than charcoal; of what use is it now,
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Etiam cum esset integrum, non erat aptum ad opus: quanto magis cum illud ignis devoraverit et combusserit, nihil ex eo fiet operis?
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Even when it was whole it was not fit for work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured and consumed it, shall any work be made of it?
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that use had none even when it was whole? Half burned away, half scorched, here is right unserviceable timber!
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Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Quomodo lignum vitis inter ligna silvarum, quod dedi igni ad devorandum, sic tradam habitatores Jerusalem.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord God: As the vine tree among the trees of the forests which I have given to the fire to be consumed, so will I deliver up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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And I, the Lord says, that destined yonder wild vine to feed the oven, have decreed for the citizens of Jerusalem no other destiny.
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Et ponam faciem meam in eos: de igne egredientur, et ignis consumet eos: et scietis quia ego Dominus, cum posuero faciem meam in eos,
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And I will set my face against them: they shall go out from fire, and fire shall consume them: and you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have set my face against them.
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My frown shall meet them yet; if they have escaped the fire, it is to be consumed by fire anew. Under my frown, they shall learn what manner of God I am;
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et dedero terram inviam et desolatam, eo quod prævaricatores extiterint, dicit Dominus Deus.
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And I shall have made their land a wilderness, and desolate, because they have been transgressors, saith the Lord God.
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their land all pathless and desolate, for their guilt’s rewarding, says the Lord God.