“ You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled on by men.
“ Now, salt is good, but if salt should lose its taste, how will it be made salty?It isn’t fit for the soil or for the manure pile; they throw it out. Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!”
“ But as for the bad figs, so bad they are inedible, this is what the Lord says: in this way I will deal with king Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem— those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.