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Ezekiel 15:4
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?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel addresses Israel regarding the vine’s total uselessness as a precursor to Jerusalem’s coming destruction. The words — נִתַּ֣ן (ni.Tan) means “it is given,” and אָכְלָ֤ה ('a.khe.Lah) means “it consumes,” stating the wood’s forced disposal and complete burning. The thread — This imagery of burned, worthless wood recurs in John 15:6, Psalms 80:16, and Isaiah 27:11. Why it lands — The passage requires an honest evaluation of spiritual function before pronouncing irreversible judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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?
Cross-references
- John 15:6 If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
- Psalms 80:16 Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
- 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.
- Isaiah 1:31 The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.
- 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.”
- Amos 4:11 “Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
- Malachi 4:1 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
- Matthew 3:12 His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
- Hebrews 6:8 But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.
- Hebrews 12:29 “For our God is a consuming fire.”