4
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the firedevourethboth the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
5
Behold, when it was whole, it was meet[a] for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?
The destruction of Jerusalem is again prophesied of in this chapter, and is set forth under the simile of a vine tree, which, for its uselessness, is committed to the fire. The simile is in Eze 15:1-5; the application of it in Eze 15:6-8.