it was.

Jeremiah 13:10
These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth--of no use at all.

Jeremiah 24:1-8
After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, the officials of Judah, and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD. . . .

Isaiah 64:6
All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

Ezekiel 15:3-5
Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils? . . .

Zechariah 3:3, 4
Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the Angel. . . .

Luke 14:34, 35
Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned? . . .

Romans 3:12
All have turned away; they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.

Philemon 1:11
Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.