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.

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

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

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.

The Lord God said to Adam,“ You listened to your wife’s suggestion. You ate fruit from the tree I warned you about. I said,‘ You must not eat its fruit.’“ So I am putting a curse on the ground because of what you did. All the days of your life you will have to work hard. It will be painful for you to get food from the ground.You will eat plants from the field, even though the ground produces thorns and prickly weeds.

The Lord’ s anger blazed out against his people. So he pulled them up out of their land. He threw them into another land. And that’s where they are now.”

I will sing a song for the Lord. He is the one I love. It’s a song about his vineyard Israel. The one I love had a vineyard. It was on a hillside that had rich soil.He dug up the soil and removed its stones. He planted the very best vines in it. He built a lookout tower there. He also cut out a winepress for it. Then he kept looking for a crop of good grapes. But the vineyard produced only bad fruit.So the Lord said,“ People of Jerusalem and Judah, you be the judge between me and my vineyard.What more could I have done for my vineyard? I did everything I could. I kept looking for a crop of good grapes. So why did it produce only bad ones?Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard. I will take away its fence. And the vineyard will be destroyed. I will break down its wall. And people will walk all over my vineyard.I will turn my vineyard into a dry and empty desert. It will not be pruned or taken care of. Thorns and bushes will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.”The vineyard of the Lord who rules over all is the nation of Israel. The people of Judah are the vines he took delight in. He kept looking for them to do what is fair. But all he saw was blood being spilled. He kept looking for them to do what is right. But all he heard were cries of suffering.

“ You can be sure the day of the Lord is coming. My anger will burn like a furnace. All those who are proud will be like straw. So will all those who do what is evil. The day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord who rules over all.“ Not even a root or a branch will be left to them.

If you don’t remain joined to me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and dries up. Branches like those are picked up. They are thrown into the fire and burned.

So he went to the man who took care of the vineyard. He said,‘ For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree. But I haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’“‘ Sir,’ the man replied,‘ leave it alone for one more year. I’ll dig around it and feed it.If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’ ”

The Lord couldn’t put up any longer with the evil things you were doing. He hated the things you did. So your land became a curse. It became a dry and empty desert. No one lived there. And that’s the way it still is today.

Then let thorns grow instead of wheat. Let stinkweed come up instead of barley.” The words of Job end here.

All we can do is to wait in fear for God to judge. His blazing fire will burn up his enemies.

Anyone whose name was not written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

He turned land that produced crops into a salty land where nothing could grow. He did it because the people who lived there were evil.

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

Tell them,‘ Listen to the Lord’ s message. The Lord and King says,“ I am about to set you on fire. The fire will destroy all your trees. It will burn down green trees and dry trees alike. The blazing flame will not be put out. The faces of everyone from south to north will be burned by it.

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down. It is thrown into the fire.

As you know, after that he wanted to receive his father’s blessing. But he was turned away. With tears he tried to get the blessing. But he couldn’t change what he had done.

“ Son of man, how is the wood of a vine different from the wood of any tree in the forest?Can its wood ever be made into anything useful? Can pegs be made from it to hang things on?Suppose it is thrown in the fire to be burned. And the fire burns both ends and blackens the middle. Then is the wood useful for anything?It was not useful when it was whole. So how can it be made into something useful now? The fire has burned it and blackened it.”Here is what the Lord and King says.“ Instead of the wood of any tree in the forest, I have given the vine to burn in the fire. I will treat the people who live in Jerusalem the same way.I will turn against them. They might have come out of the fire. But the fire will destroy them anyway. I will turn against them. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Peter remembered. He said to Jesus,“ Rabbi, look! The fig tree you put a curse on has dried up!”

and named him Noah. Lamech said,“ He will comfort us when we are working. He’ll comfort us when our hands work so hard they hurt. We have to work hard because the Lord put a curse on the ground.”

The ax is ready to cut the roots of the trees. All the trees that don’t produce good fruit will be cut down. They will be thrown into the fire.

They will be like a bush in a dry and empty land. They will not enjoy success when it comes. They will live in dry places in the desert. It is a land of salt where no one else lives.

Cities that have high walls around them will become empty. They will be settlements with no one in them. They will be like a desert. Calves will eat and lie down in them. They will strip bare the branches of their trees.When their twigs are dry, they will be broken off. Then women will come and make fires with them. The people of Jacob don’t understand the Lord. So the God who made them won’t be concerned about them. Their Creator won’t be kind to them.

Even your children’s children will see the troubles that have fallen on the land. They’ll see the sicknesses the Lord has brought on it. People who come from countries far away will also see those things.The whole land will be burned up. Nothing but salt and sulfur will be left. Nothing will be planted there. Nothing will grow there. In fact, nothing will even start to grow there. The land will be like Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim after they were destroyed. The Lord wiped out those cities because he was very angry.

So I am putting a curse on you. I am driving you away from this ground. It has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

“ Then he will say to those on his left,‘ You are cursed! Go away from me into the fire that burns forever. It has been prepared for the devil and his angels.