# Ezekiel 15 ## Ezekiel 15:1 - [KJV] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, - [ASV] And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, - [YLT] And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: ### Notes on Ezekiel 15:1 - ## Ezekiel 15:2 - [KJV] Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, *or than* a branch which is among the trees of the forest? - [ASV] Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest? - [YLT] 'Son of man, What is the vine-tree more than any tree? The vine-branch that hath been, Among trees of the forest? ### Notes on Ezekiel 15:2 - ## Ezekiel 15:3 - [KJV] Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will *men* take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? - [ASV] Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? - [YLT] Is wood taken from it to use for work? Do they take of it a pin to hang any vessel on it? ### Notes on Ezekiel 15:3 - ## Ezekiel 15:4 - [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? - [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? - [YLT] Lo, to the fire it hath been given for fuel, Its two ends hath the fire eaten, And its midst hath been scorched! Is it profitable for work? ### Notes on Ezekiel 15:4 - ## Ezekiel 15:5 - [KJV] 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? - [ASV] Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work! - [YLT] Lo, in its being perfect it is not used for work, How much less, when fire hath eaten of it, And it is scorched, Hath it been used yet for work? ### Notes on Ezekiel 15:5 - ## Ezekiel 15:6 - [KJV] Therefore 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. - [ASV] Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: 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. - [YLT] Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: As the vine-tree among trees of the forest, That I have given to the fire for fuel, So I have given the inhabitants of Jerusalem. ### Notes on Ezekiel 15:6 - ## Ezekiel 15:7 - [KJV] And 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. - [ASV] And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I set my face against them. - [YLT] And I have set My face against them, From the fire they have gone forth, And the fire doth consume them, And ye have known that I *am* Jehovah, In My setting My face against them. ### Notes on Ezekiel 15:7 - ## Ezekiel 15:8 - [KJV] And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD. - [ASV] And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord Jehovah. - [YLT] And I have made the land a desolation, Because they have committed a trespass, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!' ### Notes on Ezekiel 15:8 -