⁴ For in the case of those once having been ^(A)enlightened and having tasted of ^(B)the heavenly gift and having become ^(C)partakers of the Holy Spirit, ⁵ and having ^(D)tasted the good ^(E)word of God and the powers of ^(F)the age to come, ⁶ and having fallen away, it is ^(G)impossible to renew them again to repentance, ^[a](H)since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. ⁷ For ground that drinks the rain which often ^[b]falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those ^(I)for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; ⁸ but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is unfit and ^(J)close ^[c]to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.