Ezekiel 15:4
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire has devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it profitable for any work?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3Shall wood be taken of it to make any work? Or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Cross References
Isaiah 1:31And the strong shall be as flax, and his work as a spark. And they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
Ezekiel 19:14And fire has gone out of the twigs of its branches. It has devoured its fruit, so that there is no strong twig in it to be a scepter to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
Malachi 4:1For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace, and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, shall be stubble. And the day that comes shall burn them up, says LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
John 15:6If any man does not dwell in me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered. And they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and are burned.
Hebrews 12:29For our God is also a consuming fire.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 15:2-8
Jerusalem a Condemned Vine. ( b. c. 593.) 1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? 3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? 4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work? 5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less… Read the whole commentary →