Ezekiel 15:5

5 It was useless even before it was burned. Now that the fire has burned it and charred it, it is even more useless."

Ezekiel 15:5 In-Context

3 Can you use it to make anything? Can you even make a peg out of it to hang things on?
4 It is only good for building a fire. And when the ends are burned up and the middle is charred, can you make anything out of it?
5 It was useless even before it was burned. Now that the fire has burned it and charred it, it is even more useless."
6 Now this is what the Sovereign Lord is saying: "Just as a vine is taken from the forest and burned, so I will take the people who live in Jerusalem
7 and will punish them. They have escaped one fire, but now fire will burn them up. When I punish them, you will know that I am the Lord.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.