⁹ And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.

⁹ And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.

¹⁹ Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.

⁶ If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned.

⁷ And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?

¹⁰ And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.

²⁹ For our God is an all-burning fire.

²⁸ A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses:

²³ And as for the vision which the king saw of a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven, saying, Let the tree be cut down and given to destruction;

¹⁴ Crying out with a loud voice; and this is what he said: Let the tree be cut down and its branches broken off; let its leaves be taken off and its fruit sent in every direction: let the beasts get away from under it and the birds from its branches:

¹⁸ Whom then are you like? for you will be sent down with the trees of Eden into the lowest parts of the earth: there you will be stretched out among those without circumcision, with those who were put to the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his people, says the Lord.

² Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any branching tree which is among the trees of the woods?

³ Will its wood be used for any work? do men make of it a pin for hanging any vessel on?

⁴ See, it is put into the fire for burning: the fire has made a meal of its two ends and the middle part of it is burned; is it good for any work?

³³ See, the Lord, the Lord of armies, is cutting off his branches with a great noise, and his strong ones are falling and his high ones are coming down.

³⁴ And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.

²⁹ For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk.

³⁰ And they will say to the mountains, Come down on us, and to the hills, Be a cover over us.

³¹ For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?