³ Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

⁸ And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad, surely thus saith Jehovah, So will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt,

¹³ Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.

⁵⁰ Salt is good: but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

³⁴ Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

³⁵ It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill: `men' cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.