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Ezekiel 15:4

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?

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ASV

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?

KJV

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?

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הִנֵּ֥הhi.Nehthere!H2009 →
לָאֵ֖שׁla.'Eshto the fireH784 →
נִתַּ֣ןni.Tanit is givenH5414 →
לְאָכְלָ֑הle.'okh.Lahfor fuelH402 →
אֵת֩'et<obj.>H853 →
שְׁנֵ֨יshe.Nei[the] twoH8147 →
קְצוֹתָ֜יוke.tzo.Tavends itsH7098 →
אָכְלָ֤ה'a.khe.Lahit consumesH398 →
הָאֵשׁ֙ha.'Eshthe fireH784 →
וְתוֹכ֣וֹve.to.Khoand [the] middle of itH8432 →
נָחָ֔רna.Charit is charredH2787 →
הֲיִצְלַ֖חha.yitz.Lach¿ is it successfulH6743 →
לִמְלָאכָֽה׃lim.la.Khahfor a productH4399 →

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John 15:6If 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.Psalms 80:16Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.Isaiah 27:11When 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.Ezekiel 19:12But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.Ezekiel 19:14Fire 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.”Hebrews 12:29“For our God is a consuming fire.”Isaiah 1:31The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.Malachi 4:1“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 land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.Amos 4:11“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.Matthew 3:12His 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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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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