Ezekiel 15:5-7

New Catholic Bible

⁵ When it was whole,
    it served no purpose.
How much less, when the fire has consumed it
    and it is charred,
    can it be used for anything?

Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest
    that I have thrown on the fire for fuel,
    so will I treat the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
⁷ I have set my face against them.
    Although they escape from the fire,
    that fire will still devour them.
And you will know that I am the Lord
    when I turn my face against them.