Ezekiel 15:5
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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?Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!
In other translations
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?Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!
Hebrew words
הִנֵּהhinehthere!H2009בִּהְיוֹתוֹbihyotowhen was itH1961תָמִיםtamimcompleteH8549לֹאlo'notH3808יֵעָשֶׂהye'asehit was madeH6213לִמְלָאכָהlimlakhahinto a productH4399אַף'afindeed?H637כִּי־ki-ifH3588אֵשׁ'esha fireH784אֲכָלַתְהוּ'akhalathuit has consumed itH398וַיֵּחָרvaiyecharand it has been charredH2787וְנַעֲשָׂהvena'asahand will it be made?H6213עוֹדodagainH5750לִמְלָאכָה׃ סlimlakhahinto a productH4399
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Jeremiah 3:16And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.“In those days, when you multiply and increase in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer discuss the ark of the covenant of the LORD. It will never come to mind, and no one will remember it or miss it, nor will another one be made.
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