Ezekiel 15:4
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?
Context
This verse from Ezekiel Chapter 15 connects to 10 cross-references. Allegory of the vine wood: the wood of the vine is useless for any purpose, charred and burned at both ends. As the vine wood is thrown into the fire, so Jerusalem the useless vine will be consumed. This is …
Other Translations
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned: is it profitable for any work?
Lo, to the fire it hath been given for fuel, Its two ends hath the fire eaten, And its midst hath been scorched! Is it profitable for work?
See, it is put into the fire for burning: the fire has made a meal of its two ends and the middle part of it is burned; is it good for any work?
Cross References
It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn …
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for …
And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath …
I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out …
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do …
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; …
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather …
But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
For our God is a consuming fire.