Ezekiel 15:3

3 Is wood ever taken from it to make anything useful? Do they make pegs from it to hang things on?

Ezekiel 15:3 in Other Translations

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

3 Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take a peg from it to hang any vessel on it?

3 Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans?

3 Is vine wood ever used to make anything? Is it used to make pegs to hang things from?

3 Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?

Ezekiel 15:3 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 15:3

Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work?
&c.] The carpenter and joiner, the house or ship builder, are employed in; as to build houses of, make beams, rafters, floors build ships with, make masts of or any vessel or utensil for the use of man? it never is; it is not fit for any such purpose. Pliny ^F4 speaks of some rarities made of the wood of vines, but not things of common use; and these not of any vines, but of some peculiar ones, favoured by the air and soil or will [men] take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
it is not fit to make a peg of to hang a hat on; and much less for anything that requires more strength.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Nat. Hist. l. 14. c. 1.

Ezekiel 15:3 In-Context

1 The word of the LORD came to me:

2 “Son of man, how is the wood of a vine different from that of a branch from any of the trees in the forest?

3 Is wood ever taken from it to make anything useful? Do they make pegs from it to hang things on?

4 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?

5 If it was not useful for anything when it was whole, how much less can it be made into something useful when the fire has burned it and it is charred?

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 13:10
• 2. S Isaiah 22:23