Ezekiel 15:3

Can wood be taken therefrom to employ it for any work? or will men take from it a pin to hang thereon any vessel?

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

In Context

2Son of man, What shall become of the wood of the vine more than of any other wood, of the branch which was standing among the trees of the forest?

4Behold, if it be given up to the fire to be consumed,—[and] the fire have consumed both its ends, and the middle of it be scorched; will it be fit for any work?

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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 →

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