Ezekiel 15:5 Meaning
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?
Context Explained
3Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
4Behold, 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?
5Behold, 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?
6Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
7And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Matthew 7:19
Jesus teaches that every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down, similar to the fate of the burnt wood.
Luke 13:3
Jesus warns that unless we repent, we will perish, reflecting the futility of unrepentant lives.
James 1:15
James discusses how sin leads to death, paralleling the destruction of the wood.
Source: Ezekiel 15:5