Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
Behold, it is cast into the fire - (John 15:6, "If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned").
The fire devoureth both the ends - the northern kingdom having been already overturned by Assyria under Tiglath-pileser; the southern being pressed on by Egypt under Pharaoh-necho (2 Kings 23:29-35).
And the midst of it is burnt - rather, 'is on flame;'-namely, Jerusalem, which had now caught the flame by the attack of Nehuchadnezzar.
Is it meet for any work? - "it," i:e., the scorched part still remaining.