What Does Ezekiel 15:3 Mean?

“be taken”

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

“Shall wood”

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

“thereof to do”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“any work”

properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“be taken”

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

“a pin”

a peg

“of it to hang”

to suspend (especially to gibbet)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“any vessel”

something prepared, i.e., any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)