Ezekiel 15:5
“Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?”
Ezekiel 15:5 — King James Version
Verse 5 of 8 in Ezekiel chapter 15 — King James Version. Read it in context below, with maps, timelines and thematic connections beside the text.
Ezekiel 15:5 in other translations
- World English Bible
- “Behold, when it was whole, it was suitable for no work. How much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it has been burned, will it yet be suitable for any work?””
- American Standard Version
- “Behold8549, when it was whole, it was meet6213 for no work4399: how much less784, when the fire hath devoured398 it2787, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet6213 for any work4399!”
Ezekiel 15 — full chapter (King James Version)
And of the LORD came unto me, saying, , What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work? Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned? Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of . And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them. And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.