5. Even when it is wholeit cannot be used for anything;So when fire has devoured and charred it,how useful can it be?
6. Therefore, thus says the Lord God:Like vine wood among forest trees,which I have given as fuel for fire,So I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
7. I will set my face against them:Although they have escaped the fire,the fire will still devour them;You shall know that I am the Lord,when I set my face against them.
8. Yes, I will make the land desolate,because they are so unfaithful—oracle of the Lord God.