Yehezkiel 15:4

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Sungguh, kayu itu dilemparkan ke dalam api untuk dibakar; kedua ujungnya habis dimakan api dan tengah-tengahnya sedang menyala, bergunakah lagi itu untuk membuat sesuatu?

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Sungguh, kayu itu dilemparkan ke dalam api untuk dibakar; kedua ujungnya habis dimakan api dan tengah-tengahnya sedang menyala, bergunakah lagi itu untuk membuat sesuatu?

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Bahwasanya kepada api juga diserahkannya akan dimakan habis, kedua ujungnya sudah habis dimakan api dan tengahnya sudah hangus, bolehkah lagi ia itu berguna kepada barang sesuatu pekerjaan?

Contextual Overview

¹ The worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying: ² Thou sonne of man, what commeth of the vine tree, more then of euery other tree, & of the wylde vine stocke among other trees of the forest? ³ Do men take wood of it to make any worke withall? or wyll men take a pin of it to hang any vessell theron? ⁴ Behold, it is cast in the fire to be brent, the fire consumeth both the endes of it, the middes of it is brent: is it meete then for any worke? ⁵ Seeing then that it was meete for no worke beyng whole, muche lesse may there any thing be made of it when the fire hath consumed and brent it. ⁶ And therefore thus saith the Lorde god, As the vine tree [that is] among the trees of the forest, which I haue geuen to the fire to be consumed: so wyll I geue the inhabitauntes of Hierusalem. ⁷ And I wyll set my face against them, they shall go out from the fire, and yet the fire shall consume them: then shall ye knowe that I am the Lorde, when I set my face against them, ⁸ And when I make the lande waste, because they haue so sore offended, saith the Lorde God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

it is cast: Psalms 80:16, Isaiah 27:11, John 15:6, Hebrews 6:8

the fire: Isaiah 1:31, Amos 4:11, Malachi 4:1, Matthew 3:12, Hebrews 12:29

Is it meet: Heb. Will it prosper

Reciprocal: Job 15:30 - the flame Jeremiah 11:16 - with Ezekiel 19:12 - the fire Matthew 13:30 - burn

Cross-References

Genesis 17:16
And I wyll blesse her, and geue thee a sonne of her: yea, I wyll blesse her, and she shalbe [a mother] of nations, yea & kynges of people shall sprynge of her.

Genesis 21:12
And God sayde vnto Abraham, let it not be greeuous in thy sight, because of the lad and of thy bonde woman: In al that Sara hath said vnto thee, heare her voyce, for in Isahac shall thy seede be called.

2 Samuel 7:12
And when thy dayes be fulfilled, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and I will set vp thy seede after thee, whiche shall proceede out of thy body, and will stablyshe his kingdome.

2 Samuel 16:11
And Dauid sayde to Abisai, and to all his seruautes, Behold, my sonne which came of myne owne bowels, seketh my lyfe: How much more then may this sonne of Iemini do it? Suffre him to curse, for the Lorde hath bidden him.

2 Chronicles 32:21
And the Lord sent an angel, which destroyed all the men of warre and the lordes and captaynes of the hoast of the king of the Assyrians, that he turned his face againe with shame towarde his owne lande: And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came of his owne body slue him there with the sworde.

Galatians 4:28
But brethren, we are after Isaac the chyldren of promise.

Philemon 1:12
Whom I haue sent agayne: Thou therefore receaue hym, that is, myne owne bowels,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel, That is; a vine tree when cut down, or a branch when cut off, it is good for nothing else; and that is the use it is generally put to; see John 15:6; and this, it is suggested, would be the end of the Jewish nation; who were become by their sins like a wild vine, and were fit fuel for the fire of divine wrath:

the fire devoureth both the ends of it; the branch cast into it, and so is quickly consumed. Kimchi explains this by Isaiah 9:12; "the Syrians before, and the Philistines behind, and they devour Israel with open mouth"; and Abendana of the ten tribes; but it seems only to design how soon the fire takes it; and how inevitable the consumption is when it is fired at both ends:

and the midst of it is burnt: presently; it being dried, and reduced to a brand by the heat of the fire at both ends: this Kimchi interprets of the city of Jerusalem, which was in the midst of the land:

is it meet for [any] work? no; for if it was not fit for any work when cut down, or cut off, much less when burnt in the fire.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, it is cast into the fire - The wood is in itself useless for any purpose; but what if it have been cast into the fire, and half burned, what of it then?

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 15:4. The fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. — Judea is like a vine branch thrown into the fire, which seizes on both the ends, and scorches the middle: so both the extremities of the land is wasted; and the middle, Jerusalem, is now threatened with a siege, and by and by will be totally destroyed.