1 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And the word H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- came unto me, saying H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
2 Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Son H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
- of man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- What is the vine H1612 (גֶּפֶן) — a vine (as twining), especially the grape
- tree H6086 (עֵץ) — a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
- more than any tree H6086 (עֵץ) — a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
- a branch H2156 (זְמוֹרָה) — a twig (as pruned)
- which is among the trees H6086 (עֵץ) — a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
- of the forest H3293 (יַעַר) — a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
3 Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Shall wood H6086 (עֵץ) — a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
- be taken H3947 (לָקַח) — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- thereof to do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- any work H4399 (מְלָאכָה) — properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
- take H3947 (לָקַח) — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- a pin H3489 (יָתֵד) — a peg
- of it to hang H8518 (תָּלָה) — to suspend (especially to gibbet)
- any vessel H3627 (כְּלִי) — something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
4 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?Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Behold, it is cast H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- into the fire H784 (אֵשׁ) — fire (literally or figuratively)
- for fuel H402 (אׇכְלָה) — food
- the fire H784 (אֵשׁ) — fire (literally or figuratively)
- devoureth H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- both H8147 (שְׁנַיִם) — two; also (as ordinal) twofold
- the ends H7098 (קָצָה) — a termination
- of it, and the midst H8432 (תָּוֶךְ) — a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
- of it is burned H2787 (חָרַר) — to glow, i.e. literally (to melt, burn, dry up) or figuratively (to show or incite passion)
- Is it meet H6743 (צָלַח) — to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
- work H4399 (מְלָאכָה) — properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
5 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!Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Behold, when it was whole H8549 (תָּמִים) — entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
- it was meet H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- for no work H4399 (מְלָאכָה) — properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
- how much less shall it be meet H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- work H4399 (מְלָאכָה) — properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
- when the fire H784 (אֵשׁ) — fire (literally or figuratively)
- hath devoured H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- it, and it is burned H2787 (חָרַר) — to glow, i.e. literally (to melt, burn, dry up) or figuratively (to show or incite passion)
6 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.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Therefore thus saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
- the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
- Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)
- As the vine H1612 (גֶּפֶן) — a vine (as twining), especially the grape
- tree H6086 (עֵץ) — a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
- among the trees H6086 (עֵץ) — a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
- of the forest H3293 (יַעַר) — a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
- which I have given H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- to the fire H784 (אֵשׁ) — fire (literally or figuratively)
- for fuel H402 (אׇכְלָה) — food
- so will I give H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- the inhabitants H3427 (יָשַׁב) — properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- of Jerusalem H3389 (יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם) — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
7 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.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And I will set H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- my face H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
- against them; they shall go out H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- fire H784 (אֵשׁ) — fire (literally or figuratively)
- shall devour H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- them; and ye shall know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- when I set H7760 (שׂוּם) — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord Jehovah.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And I will make H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- desolate H8077 (שְׁמָמָה) — devastation; figuratively, astonishment
- because they have committed H4603 (מָעַל) — properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. treacherously
- a trespass H4604 (מַעַל) — treachery, i.e. sin
- saith H5002 (נְאֻם) — an oracle
- the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
- Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)