Ezekiel 15:4-6

New American Standard Bible 1995

^4 [a]If it has been put into the ^(A)fire for fuel, and the fire has consumed both of its ends and its middle part has been charred, is it then useful for ^[b]anything? ⁵ Behold, while it is intact, it is not made into ^[c]anything. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it still be made into ^[d]anything! ⁶ Therefore, thus says the Lord ^[e]God, ‘As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem;