Discovery BoxEzekiel 15:4 
Context15:4 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
Context16:5 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
Context19:12 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.
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.
