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Ezekiel 15:3

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work?.... The carpenter and joiner, the house or ship builder, are employed in; as to build houses of, make beams, rafters, floors, &c. build ships with, make masts of, &c.

or any vessel or utensil for the use of man? it never is; it is not fit for any such purpose. Pliny 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 soilor 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. Nat. Hist. l. 14. c.

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