John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 15:3

"Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?" — Ezekiel 15:3 (ASV)

Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work ?
&c.] The carpenter and joiner, the house or ship builder, are employed in; as to build houses of, make beams, rafters, floors build ships with, make masts of or any vessel or utensil for the use of man? it never is; it is not fit for any such purpose.

Pliny ^F4 speaks of some rarities made of the wood of vines, but not things of common use; and these not of any vines, but of some peculiar ones, favoured by the air and soil or will [men] take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon ?
it is not fit to make a peg of to hang a hat on; and much less for anything that requires more strength.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F4: Nat. Hist. l. 14. c. 1.