Ezequiel 15:4

4 ¡Escasamente sirve para alimentar el fuego! Pero ¿de qué sirve cuando sus extremos se consumen y ya se ha quemado por dentro?

Ezequiel 15:4 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 15:4

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel,
That is; a vine tree when cut down, or a branch when cut off, it is good for nothing else; and that is the use it is generally put to; see ( John 15:6 ) ; and this, it is suggested, would be the end of the Jewish nation; who were become by their sins like a wild vine, and were fit fuel for the fire of divine wrath: the fire devoureth both the ends of it;
the branch cast into it, and so is quickly consumed. Kimchi explains this by ( Isaiah 9:12 ) ; "the Syrians before, and the Philistines behind, and they devour Israel with open mouth"; and Abendana of the ten tribes; but it seems only to design how soon the fire takes it; and how inevitable the consumption is when it is fired at both ends: and the midst of it is burnt:
presently; it being dried, and reduced to a brand by the heat of the fire at both ends: this Kimchi interprets of the city of Jerusalem, which was in the midst of the land: is it meet for [any] work?
no; for if it was not fit for any work when cut down, or cut off, much less when burnt in the fire.

Ezequiel 15:4 In-Context

2 «Hijo de hombre, ¿en qué supera la madera de la vid a la madera de los árboles del bosque?

3 Esa madera no sirve para hacer muebles, ¡y ni siquiera para hacer una percha!

4 ¡Escasamente sirve para alimentar el fuego! Pero ¿de qué sirve cuando sus extremos se consumen y ya se ha quemado por dentro?

5 Si cuando estaba entera no servía para nada, ¡mucho menos cuando ya ha sido consumida por el fuego!

6 »Por tanto, así dice el SEÑOR omnipotente: Como la leña de la vid que eché al fuego, así haré con los habitantes de Jerusalén.