Holy Scripture
Isaiah 1:31
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 31.) And your strength will be like the ash of the broom. For ash, ἀποτίναγμα is interpreted by Symmachus: when the broom is beaten, and whatever dirt it has is thrown away. So all the strength and pride of the sinners and evildoers of Israel, who have forsaken the Lord, and therefore have been consumed: and th…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
31And their strength shall be as a thread of tow, and their works as sparks, and the transgressors and the sinners shall be burned up together, and there shall be none to quench them.
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In context
29For they shall be ashamed of their idols, which they delighted in, and they are made ashamed of the gardens which they coveted.
30For they shall be as a turpentine tree that has cast its leaves, and as a garden that has no water.
— Isaiah 1:31 —