Ezekiel 15:4
New International Version
And after it is thrown on the fire as fuel and the fire burns both ends and chars the middle, is it then useful for anything?

New Living Translation
No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly.

English Standard Version
Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel. When the fire has consumed both ends of it, and the middle of it is charred, is it useful for anything?

Berean Standard Bible
No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?

King James Bible
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?

New King James Version
Instead, it is thrown into the fire for fuel; the fire devours both ends of it, and its middle is burned. Is it useful for any work?

New American Standard Bible
If it has been put into the fire for fuel, and the fire has consumed both of its ends and its middle part has been charred, is it then good for anything?

NASB 1995
“If it has been put into the fire for fuel, and the fire has consumed both of its ends and its middle part has been charred, is it then useful for anything?

NASB 1977
“If it has been put into the fire for fuel, and the fire has consumed both of its ends, and its middle part has been charred, is it then useful for anything?

Legacy Standard Bible
If it has been put into the fire for fuel, and the fire has consumed both of its ends, and its middle part has been charred, is it then useful for anything?

Amplified Bible
If it has been thrown into the fire for fuel, and the fire has consumed both of its ends and the middle section has been charred, is it suitable or useful for anything?

Christian Standard Bible
In fact, it is put into the fire as fuel. The fire devours both of its ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In fact, it is put into the fire as fuel. The fire devours both of its ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?

American Standard Version
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?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But it is given as fuel for fire, and fire consumes its two ends, and its middle is ruined so that it is not going to do service

Brenton Septuagint Translation
It is only given to the fire to be consumed; the fire consumes that which is yearly pruned of it, and it is utterly gone. Will it be useful for any work?

Contemporary English Version
It can only be used as firewood. But after its ends are burnt and its middle is charred, it can't be used for anything.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold it is cast into the fire for fuel: the fire hath consumed both ends thereof, and the midst thereof is reduced to ashes: shall it be useful for any work?

English Revised Version
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?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
No! It is only thrown into the fire as fuel. The fire burns up both its ends and chars its middle. Then can it be used to make anything?

Good News Translation
It is only good for building a fire. And when the ends are burned up and the middle is charred, can you make anything out of it?

International Standard Version
After all, it's useful only for kindling a fire, isn't it? And once you've burnt up the ends and charred through the middle of it, is it useful for anything else?

JPS Tanakh 1917
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is singed; is it profitable for any work?

Literal Standard Version
Behold, it has been given to the fire for fuel, | The fire has eaten its two ends, | And its midst has been scorched! Is it profitable for work?

Majority Standard Bible
No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?

New American Bible
Of course not! If it is fed to the fire for fuel, and the fire devours both ends of it, Leaving the middle charred, is it useful for anything then?

NET Bible
No! It is thrown in the fire for fuel; when the fire has burned up both ends of it and it is charred in the middle, will it be useful for anything?

New Revised Standard Version
It is put in the fire for fuel; when the fire has consumed both ends of it and the middle of it is charred, is it useful for anything?

New Heart English Bible
Look, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and its midst is burned: is it profitable for any work?

Webster's Bible Translation
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 suitable for any work?

World English Bible
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?

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, to the fire it hath been given for fuel, Its two ends hath the fire eaten, And its midst hath been scorched! Is it profitable for work?

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Jerusalem the Useless Vine
3Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils? 4No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything? 5Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!…

Cross References
Isaiah 27:11
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

Ezekiel 15:3
Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils?

Ezekiel 15:5
Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!

Ezekiel 15:6
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 19:14
Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler's scepter.' This is a lament and shall be used as a lament."


Treasury of Scripture

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devours both the ends of it, and the middle of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

it is cast

Psalm 80:16
It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

Isaiah 27:11
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

John 15:6
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

the fire

Isaiah 1:31
And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

Amos 4:11
I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

Malachi 4:1
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

Is it meet [heb] Will it prosper

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Ezekiel 15
1. By the unfitness of the vine branch for any work
6. is shown the rejection of Jerusalem
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
No,
הִנֵּ֥ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

it is cast
נִתַּ֣ן (nit·tan)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

into the fire
לָאֵ֖שׁ (lā·’êš)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

for fuel.
לְאָכְלָ֑ה (lə·’āḵ·lāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 402: Food, eating

The fire
הָאֵשׁ֙ (hā·’êš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

devours
אָכְלָ֤ה (’ā·ḵə·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

both
שְׁנֵ֨י (šə·nê)
Number - mdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

ends,
קְצוֹתָ֜יו (qə·ṣō·w·ṯāw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7098: A termination

and the middle
וְתוֹכ֣וֹ (wə·ṯō·w·ḵōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

is charred.
נָחָ֔ר (nā·ḥār)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2787: To be hot or scorched, to burn

Can it be useful
הֲיִצְלַ֖ח (hă·yiṣ·laḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6743: To push forward

for anything?
לִמְלָאכָֽה׃ (lim·lā·ḵāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4399: Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property


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