Ezekiel 15:1-5

Is Jerusalem Useful for Anything?

Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, how is the wood of the ^avine better than any wood of a branch which is among the trees of the forest? 3 Can wood be taken from it to make ¹anything, or can men take a peg from it on which to hang any vessel? 4 ¹If it has been put into the ^afire for fuel, and the fire has consumed both of its ends, and its middle part has been charred, is it then useful for ²anything? 5 Behold, while it is intact, it is not made into ¹anything. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it still be made into ¹anything!