⁵ Indeed, when it was whole, no object could be made from it. How much less will it be useful for any work when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned?

¹⁶ “Then it shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and ^(A)increased in the land in those days,” says the Lord, “that they will say no more, ‘The ark of the covenant of the Lord.’ ^(B)It shall not come to mind, nor shall they remember it, nor shall they visit it, nor shall it be made anymore.