Ezekiel 15:4
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for work?
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2 Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for work?
5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for work, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned?
6 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.