5. Vines are useless both before and after being put into the fire!
6. “And this is what the Sovereign lord says: The people of Jerusalem are like grapevines growing among the trees of the forest. Since they are useless, I have thrown them on the fire to be burned.
7. And I will see to it that if they escape from one fire, they will fall into another. When I turn against them, you will know that I am the lord.
8. And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me. I, the Sovereign lord, have spoken!”