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Ezekiel 15:5
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
Not even while it is yet whole will it be [useful] for [any] work: if the fire shall have utterly consumed it, will it still be [fit] for work?
Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!