Ezekiel 15:4
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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?No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?
In other translations
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?No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?
Hebrew words
הִנֵּהhinehthere!H2009לָאֵשׁla'eshto the fireH784נִתַּןnitanit is givenH5414לְאָכְלָהle'okhlahfor fuelH402אֵת'et<obj.>H853שְׁנֵיshenei[the] twoH8147קְצוֹתָיוketzotavends itsH7098אָכְלָה'akhelahit consumesH398הָאֵשׁha'eshthe fireH784וְתוֹכוֹvetokhoand [the] middle of itH8432נָחָרnacharit is charredH2787הֲיִצְלַחhayitzlach¿ is it successfulH6743לִמְלָאכָה׃limlakhahfor a productH4399
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- John 15:6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
- Isaiah 27:11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
- Psalm 80:16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
- Amos 4:11I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
- Malachi 4:1For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
- Hebrews 6:8But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.
- Ezekiel 19:14And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”
- Isaiah 1:31And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.
- Hebrews 12:29For our God is a consuming fire.“For our God is a consuming fire.”
- Matthew 3:12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
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