Ezekiel 15:4

15:4 No! ¹  It is thrown in the fire for fuel; when the fire has burned up both ends of it and it is charred in the middle, will it be useful for anything?

Ezekiel 16:5

16:5 No eye took pity on you to do even one of these things for you to spare you; ²  you were thrown out into the open field ³  because you were detested on the day you were born.

Ezekiel 19:12

19:12 But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground.

The east wind ⁴  dried up its fruit;

its strong branches broke off and withered –

a fire consumed them.

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¹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) draws one’s attention to something. Sometimes it may be translated as a verb of perception; here it is treated as a particle that fits the context (so also in v. 5, but with a different English word).

² sn These verbs, “pity” and “spare,” echo the judgment oracles in 5:11; 7:4, 9; 8:18; 9:5, 10.

³ sn A similar concept is found in Deut 32:10.

⁴ sn The east wind symbolizes the Babylonians.