Ezekiel 15:5

“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?”

"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?" - Ezekiel 15:5
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What does Ezekiel 15:5 mean?

Ezekiel 15:5 (KJV) reads, "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?" This verse is part of a larger passage in the book of Ezekiel which describes a metaphorical…

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Refined by Fire: The Purpose of our Trials

Ezekiel 15:5 reads, "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?" This verse conjures powerful imagery and a profound message that extends beyond its initial…

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A Prayer of Reflection on Our Worth in God’s Eyes

O Heavenly Father, As I come before you today, I am reminded of the words from Ezekiel 15:5, "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?" Lord, in this profound truth, I…

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Ezekiel 15:5 - "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?"
Ezekiel 5:15 - "So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it."
Ezekiel 15:1 - "And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Ezekiel 37:15 - "¶ The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,"
Ezekiel 24:15 - "¶ Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Ezekiel 5:5 - "¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her."
Ezekiel 18:5 - "¶ But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,"
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Exodus 15:5
John 15:5
Matthew 5:15
Matthew 5:15
Ezekiel 15:8 - "And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD."
Ezekiel 10:15 - "And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar."
Ezekiel 38:5 - "Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:"
Ezekiel 12:5 - "Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby."
Ezekiel 40:15 - "And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits."
Ezekiel 34:15 - "I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD."
Ezekiel 43:15 - "So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns."
Ezekiel 7:5 - "Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come."
Revelation 15:5-8
Colossians 3:5-15
Revelation 15:5-8
James 5:14-15
2 King 5:15
Ezekiel 15:4 - "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?"
Revelation 15:5-8
Ezekiel 46:15 - "Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering."
Ezekiel 30:15 - "And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No."