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Ezekiel 15:3

Listen to Ezekiel 15:3
3 Prend-on de ce bois pour faire quelque ouvrage; en tire-t-on une cheville pour y suspendre un objet quelconque?

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.


FOOTNOTES:

F4 Nat. Hist. l. 14. c. 1.
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Ezekiel 15:3 In-Context

1 La parole de l'Éternel me fut adressĂ©e en ces termes:
2 Fils de l'homme, le bois de la vigne vaut-il plus que tout autre bois, le sarment qui est parmi les arbres de la forĂȘt
3 Prend-on de ce bois pour faire quelque ouvrage; en tire-t-on une cheville pour y suspendre un objet quelconque?
4 Voici, on le jette au feu pour le consumer, et quand le feu en a dévoré les deux bouts, et que le milieu brûle, est-il propre à quelque ouvrage?
5 Voici, quand il était entier, on n'en faisait aucun ouvrage; combien moins encore quand le feu l'a dévoré et qu'il est brûlé, en pourra-t-on faire quelque chose?
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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