Ezekiel 15:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Is wood taken from it to use for work? Do they take of it a pin to hang any vessel on it?

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 24:8 : 8 And like the bad figs, that are not eaten for badness, Surely thus said Jehovah: So do I make Zedekiah king of Judah, And his heads, and the remnant of Jerusalem, Who are left in this land, And who are dwelling in the land of Egypt,
  • Matt 5:13 : 13 `Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.
  • Mark 9:50 : 50 The salt `is' good, but if the salt may become saltless, in what will ye season `it'? Have in yourselves salt, and have peace in one another.'
  • Luke 14:34-35 : 34 `The salt `is' good, but if the salt doth become tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned? 35 neither for land nor for manure is it fit -- they cast it without. He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

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    1And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

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    4Lo, 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?

    5Lo, in its being perfect it is not used for work, How much less, when fire hath eaten of it, And it is scorched, Hath it been used yet for work?

    6Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: As the vine-tree among trees of the forest, That I have given to the fire for fuel, So I have given the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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    8On a good field, by many waters, it is planted, To make branches, and to bear fruit, To be for an goodly vine.

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    22Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, And I have set `it', From the top of its tender shoots a tender one I crop, And I -- I have planted `it' on a mountain high and lofty.

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