But if a field bears thorns and thistles, it is useless. The farmer will soon condemn that field and burn it.

若长荆棘和蒺藜，必被废弃，近于咒诅，结局就是焚烧。

这块田地若长荆棘和蒺藜，必被废弃，近于诅咒，结局就是焚烧。

这块田地若长荆棘和蒺藜，必被废弃，近于诅咒，结局就是焚烧。

若长出来的尽是荆棘和蒺藜，就毫无价值，它会面临被咒诅的危险，最后必遭焚烧。

但如果这块地长出荆棘和蒺藜来，就被废弃，近于咒诅，结局就是焚烧。

但如果它长出荆棘和蒺藜，就没有用处了，很快就要被诅咒，它的结局就是被焚烧。

若長荊棘和蒺藜，必被廢棄，近於咒詛，結局就是焚燒。

這塊田地若長荊棘和蒺藜，必被廢棄，近於詛咒，結局就是焚燒。

這塊田地若長荊棘和蒺藜，必被廢棄，近於詛咒，結局就是焚燒。

若長出來的盡是荊棘和蒺藜，就毫無價值，它會面臨被咒詛的危險，最後必遭焚燒。

但如果這塊地長出荊棘和蒺藜來，就被廢棄，近於咒詛，結局就是焚燒。

但若生出荊棘和蒺藜，就不中用，近於受咒詛；其結局乃是被焚燒。

但如果它長出荊棘和蒺藜，就沒有用處了，很快就要被詛咒，它的結局就是被焚燒。

若生棘茨則見棄、而近於詛、終見爇矣、○

若其叢生荊棘、則人棄之、終必被詛、而爇以火、

其生荊棘蒺藜之地、必見棄被詛、終必見焚、

若其產荊棘蒺藜、則必被棄置、服咒詛結果亦惟有付諸一炬而已矣。

But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.

But other land produces only thorns and weeds. That land isn’t worth anything. It is in danger of coming under God’s curse. In the end, it will be burned.

But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.

But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and at the end will be burned.

but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned.

but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.

But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and will be burned at the end.

But that which beareth thorns and briers[ is] rejected, and[ is] nigh unto cursing; whose end[ is] to be burned.

But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; its fate is to be burned.

but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

And to the man he said,“ Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat, the ground is cursed because of you. All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it.It will grow thorns and thistles for you, though you will eat of its grains.

In great anger and fury the Lord uprooted his people from their land and banished them to another land, where they still live today!’

Now I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a rich and fertile hill.He plowed the land, cleared its stones, and planted it with the best vines. In the middle he built a watchtower and carved a winepress in the nearby rocks. Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes, but the grapes that grew were bitter.Now, you people of Jerusalem and Judah, you judge between me and my vineyard.What more could I have done for my vineyard that I have not already done? When I expected sweet grapes, why did my vineyard give me bitter grapes?Now let me tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will tear down its hedges and let it be destroyed. I will break down its walls and let the animals trample it.I will make it a wild place where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed, a place overgrown with briers and thorns. I will command the clouds to drop no rain on it.The nation of Israel is the vineyard of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. The people of Judah are his pleasant garden. He expected a crop of justice, but instead he found oppression. He expected to find righteousness, but instead he heard cries of violence.

The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says,“ The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed— roots, branches, and all.

Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.

Finally, he said to his gardener,‘ I’ve waited three years, and there hasn’t been a single fig! Cut it down. It’s just taking up space in the garden.’“ The gardener answered,‘ Sir, give it one more chance. Leave it another year, and I’ll give it special attention and plenty of fertilizer.If we get figs next year, fine. If not, then you can cut it down.’”

It was because the Lord could no longer bear all the disgusting things you were doing that he made your land an object of cursing— a desolate ruin without inhabitants— as it is today.

then let thistles grow on that land instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley.” Job’s words are ended.

There is only the terrible expectation of God’s judgment and the raging fire that will consume his enemies.

And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire.

He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands, because of the wickedness of those who live there.

Then Jesus said to the tree,“ May no one ever eat your fruit again!” And the disciples heard him say it.

Tell the southern wilderness,‘ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Hear the word of the Lord! I will set you on fire, and every tree, both green and dry, will be burned. The terrible flames will not be quenched and will scorch everything from south to north.

So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire.

You know that afterward, when he wanted his father’s blessing, he was rejected. It was too late for repentance, even though he begged with bitter tears.

“ Son of man, how does a grapevine compare to a tree? Is a vine’s wood as useful as the wood of a tree?Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans?No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly.Vines are useless both before and after being put into the fire!“ 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.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.

Peter remembered what Jesus had said to the tree on the previous day and exclaimed,“ Look, Rabbi! The fig tree you cursed has withered and died!”

Lamech named his son Noah, for he said,“ May he bring us relief from our work and the painful labor of farming this ground that the Lord has cursed.”

Even now the ax of God’s judgment is poised, ready to sever the roots of the trees. Yes, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire.

They are like stunted shrubs in the desert, with no hope for the future. They will live in the barren wilderness, in an uninhabited salty land.

The fortified towns will be silent and empty, the houses abandoned, the streets overgrown with weeds. Calves will graze there, chewing on twigs and branches.The people are like the dead branches of a tree, broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots. Israel is a foolish and stupid nation, for its people have turned away from God. Therefore, the one who made them will show them no pity or mercy.

“ Then the generations to come, both your own descendants and the foreigners who come from distant lands, will see the devastation of the land and the diseases the Lord inflicts on it.They will exclaim,‘ The whole land is devastated by sulfur and salt. It is a wasteland with nothing planted and nothing growing, not even a blade of grass. It is like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed in his intense anger.’

Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has swallowed your brother’s blood.

“ Then the King will turn to those on the left and say,‘ Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons.