“ You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by people.
“ Therefore, salt is good; but if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?It is useless either for the soil or the manure pile, so it is thrown out. The one who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
‘ But like the bad figs which cannot be eaten due to rottenness,’ indeed, this is what the Lord says,‘ so will I give up Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and the ones who live in the land of Egypt.
