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Ezekiel 15:4

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Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and the middle of it is burned. Is it profitable for any work?

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Ezekiel 15:4 in other translations

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned: is it profitable for any work?

Ezekiel 15:4 · American Standard Version

Ezekiel 15:4 in context

  1. 2“Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?
  2. 3Will wood be taken of it to make anything? Will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel on it?
  3. 4Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and the middle of it is burned. Is it profitable for any work?
  4. 5Behold, when it was whole, it was suitable for no work. How much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it has been burned, will it yet be suitable for any work?”
  5. 6Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.