Ezekiel 15:3-5

The Voice

³ Is the wood of a grapevine ever used to make anything practical? Can it be carved into pegs to hang things on? ⁴ No. When vine wood has been bundled together and thrown into the fire as fuel, its ends are burned but the middle is only charred. Are the remains good for anything then? ⁵ Even when vine wood is whole and not yet singed, it is not useful for anything; so how can it be made useful after the fire has scorched some and consumed the rest?