Ezekiel 15 · Verse 4

Ezekiel 15:4

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?
Ezekiel 15:4, King James Version

Ezekiel 15:4 in other translations

BSBNo, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?
WEBBehold, 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?
ASVBehold, 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?
YLTLo, 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?
DARBYBehold, it is given to the fire for fuel: the fire consumeth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned; is it fit for any work?
BBESee, it is put into the fire for burning: the fire has made a meal of its two ends and the middle part of it is burned; is it good for any work?
WebsterBehold, 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?

What does Ezekiel 15:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. cast into ... fire--(Joh 15:6). both the ends--the north kingdom having been already overturned by Assyria under Tiglath-pileser; the south being pressed on by Egypt (2Ki 23:29-35). midst of it is burned--rather, "is on flame"; namely, Jerusalem, which had now caught the flame by the attack of Nebuchadnezzar. Is it meet for any work--"it," that is, the scorched part still remaining.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 The fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned - Judea is like a vine branch thrown into the fire, which seizes on both the ends, and scorches the middle: so both the extremities of the land is wasted; and the middle, Jerusalem, is now threatened with a siege, and by and by will be totally destroyed.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 15:4 in the original Hebrew

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הִנֵּ֥הhi.Nehthere!H2009
לָאֵ֖שׁla.'Eshto the fireH784
נִתַּ֣ןni.Tanit is givenH5414
לְאָכְלָ֑הle.'okh.Lahfor fuelH402
אֵת֩'et<obj.>H853
שְׁנֵ֨יshe.Nei[the] twoH8147
קְצוֹתָ֜יוke.tzo.Tavends itsH7098
אָכְלָ֤ה'a.khe.Lahit consumesH398
הָאֵשׁ֙ha.'Eshthe fireH784
וְתוֹכ֣וֹve.to.Khoand [the] middle of itH8432
נָחָ֔רna.Charit is charredH2787
הֲיִצְלַ֖חha.yitz.Lach¿ is it successfulH6743
לִמְלָאכָֽה\׃lim.la.Khahfor a productH4399

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Cross references for Ezekiel 15:4

  • 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.

  • Psalms 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.

  • Matthew 3:12

    Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable 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.

  • Hebrews 6:8

    But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

  • Hebrews 12:29

    For our God is a consuming fire.

  • Ezekiel 19:14

    And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

  • 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.

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it is cast.
Ps 80:16; Isa 27:11; Joh 15:6; Heb 6:8
the fire.
Isa 1:31; Am 4:11; Mal 4:1; Mt 3:12; Heb 12:29
Is it meet. Heb. Will it prosper.

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Context

  • Ezekiel 15:3

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

  • Ezekiel 15:4

    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?

  • Ezekiel 15:5

    Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

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Ezekiel 15:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
He aquí, que es puesto en el fuego para ser consumido; sus dos cabos consumió el fuego, y la parte del medio se quemó; ¿aprovechará para obra alguna?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Voici, on le met au feu pour être consumé; le feu en consume les deux bouts, et le milieu est brûlé. Serait-il propre à un ouvrage?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Siehe, es wird dem Feuer zur Speise gegeben. Hat das Feuer seine beiden Enden verzehrt und ist seine Mitte versengt, wird es zu einer Arbeit taugen?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ecce igni datum est in escam: utramque partem ejus consumpsit ignis, et medietas ejus redacta est in favillam: numquid utile erit ad opus?