What Does Ezekiel 15:5 Mean?

lo!

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“Behold when it was whole”

entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“how much less shall it be meet”

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

“for no work”

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

meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“when the fire”

fire (literally or figuratively)

“hath devoured”

to eat (literally or figuratively)

“it and it is burned”

to glow, i.e., literally (to melt, burn, dry up) or figuratively (to show or incite passion)

“how much less shall it be meet”

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

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

“for no work”

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