Ezekiel 15:5
Even when it was whole it could not be made into a useful object. How much less can it ever be made into anything useful when the fire has devoured it and it is charred!
Jeremiah 3:16
When you multiply and increase in the land,
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Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?
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Luke 23:31 For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”