But thus says the Lord: Like the bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten, so will I treat King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who live in the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 15:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Is wood taken from it to make anything? Does one take a peg from it on which to hang any object? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Shall wood be taken from it to do any work? Or will men take a peg of it on which to hang any vessel? American Standard Version (1901) Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? Common English Bible Can you make anything useful from its wood? Can you make a peg from it and hang objects on it? Catholic Public Domain Version Can any wood be taken from it, so that it may be made into a work, or formed into a peg so as to hang some kind of vessel upon it? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Shall wood be taken of it to do any work, or shall a pin be made of it for any vessel to hang thereon? |
But thus says the Lord: Like the bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten, so will I treat King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who live in the land of Egypt.
O mortal, how does the wood of the vine surpass all other wood, the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest?
It is put in the fire for fuel; when the fire has consumed both ends of it and the middle of it is charred, is it useful for anything?
“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything but is thrown out and trampled under foot.
Salt is good, but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
But Jael wife of Heber took a tent peg and took a hammer in her hand and went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple, until it went down into the ground—he was lying fast asleep from weariness—and he died.