◄ Ezekiel 15:5 ►
Verse  (Click for Chapter)
Good News Translation
It was useless even before it was burned. Now that the fire has burned it and charred it, it is even more useless."

New Revised Standard Version
When it was whole it was used for nothing; how much less—when the fire has consumed it, and it is charred— can it ever be used for anything!

Contemporary English Version
The wood is useless before it is burned, and afterwards, it is completely worthless.

New American Bible
Even when it is whole it cannot be used for anything; So when fire has devoured and charred it, how useful can it be?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Even when it was whole it was not fit for work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured and consumed it, shall any work be made of it?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Even when it was whole it was not fit for work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured and consumed it, shall any work be made of it?

meet [heb] made fit

Context
Jerusalem the Useless Vine
…4Behold 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? 5Even when it was whole it was not fit for work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured and consumed it, shall any work be made of it?6Therefore thus saith the Lord God: As the vine tree among the trees of the forests which I have given to the fire to be consumed, so will I deliver up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.…
Cross References
Ezekiel 15:4
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?

Ezekiel 15:6
Therefore thus saith the Lord God: As the vine tree among the trees of the forests which I have given to the fire to be consumed, so will I deliver up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 15:4
Top of Page
Top of Page