Ezekiel 15:3

3 Can its wood ever be made into anything useful? Can pegs be made from it to hang things on?

Ezekiel 15:3 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 15:3

Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work?
&c.] The carpenter and joiner, the house or ship builder, are employed in; as to build houses of, make beams, rafters, floors build ships with, make masts of or any vessel or utensil for the use of man? it never is; it is not fit for any such purpose. Pliny ^F4 speaks of some rarities made of the wood of vines, but not things of common use; and these not of any vines, but of some peculiar ones, favoured by the air and soil or will [men] take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
it is not fit to make a peg of to hang a hat on; and much less for anything that requires more strength.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Nat. Hist. l. 14. c. 1.

Ezekiel 15:3 In-Context

1 A message came to me from the Lord. He said,

2 "Son of man, is the wood of a vine better than the wood of any of the trees in the forest?

3 Can its wood ever be made into anything useful? Can pegs be made from it to hang things on?

4 "Suppose it is thrown in the fire to be burned. And the fire burns both ends and blackens the middle. Then is it useful for anything?

5 It was not useful when it was whole. So how can it be made into something useful now? The fire has burned it and blackened it."