"For he will be like a bushin the desertAnd will not seewhenprosperitycomes,But will livein stonywastesin the wilderness,A landof saltwithoutinhabitant.
The royalofficeron whosehandthe kingwas leaningansweredthe manof Godand said,"Behold,if the LORDshould makewindowsin heaven,could thisthingbe?" Then he said,"Behold,you will seeit with your own eyes,but you will not eatof it."
"He does not lookat the streams,The riversflowingwith honeyand curds.
To whomI gavethe wildernessfor a homeAnd the saltlandfor his dwellingplace?
The wickedare not so,But they are like chaffwhichthe winddrivesaway.
A fruitfullandinto a saltwaste,Becauseof the wickednessof those who dwellin it.
That when the wickedsproutedup likegrassAnd allwho didiniquityflourished,It [was only] that they might be destroyedforevermore.
For you will be like an oakwhose leaffadesawayOr as a gardenthat hasnowater.
thereforethussaysthe LORD,"Behold,I am about to punishShemaiahthe Nehelamiteand his descendants;he will not haveanyonelivingamongthispeople,and he will not seethe goodthat I am about to doto My people,"declaresthe LORD,"becausehe has preachedrebellionagainstthe LORD."'"
"Flee,saveyour lives,That you may be like a juniperin the wilderness.
"But its swampsand marsheswill not becomefresh;they will be leftfor salt.
"Therefore,as I live,"declaresthe LORDof hosts,The Godof Israel,"SurelyMoabwill be like SodomAnd the sonsof Ammonlike Gomorrah--A placepossessedby nettlesand saltpits,And a perpetualdesolation.The remnantof My peoplewill plunderthem And the remainderof My nationwill inheritthem."
Allits landis brimstoneand salt,a burningwaste, unsownand unproductive,and nograssgrowsin it, like the overthrowof Sodomand Gomorrah,Admahand Zeboiim,whichthe LORDoverthrewin His angerand in His wrath.'
Abimelechfoughtagainst the cityallthat day,and he capturedthe cityand killedthe peoplewho[were] in it; then he razedthe cityand sowedit with salt.
