A fruitfullandinto a saltwaste,Becauseof the wickednessof those who dwellin it.
Lotliftedup his eyesand sawallthe valleyof the Jordan,that it was wellwateredeverywhere--[this was] beforethe LORDdestroyedSodomand Gomorrah--like the gardenof the LORD,like the landof Egyptas you goto Zoar.
Now the menof Sodomwere wickedexceedinglyand sinnersagainst the LORD.
Allthesecameas alliesto the valleyof Siddim(that is, the SaltSea).
"Whenyou cultivatethe ground,it will nolongeryieldits strengthto you; you will be a vagrantand a wandereron the earth."
O God,when You wentforthbeforeYour people,When You marchedthrough the wilderness,Selah.
Howlongis the landto mournAnd the vegetationof the countrysideto wither?For the wickednessof those who dwellin it, Animalsand birdshave been snatchedaway,Because[men] have said,"He will not seeour latterending."
Your iniquitieshave turnedtheseaway,And your sinshave withheldgoodfrom you.
"Then sayto the peopleof the land,'Thussaysthe LordGODconcerning the inhabitantsof Jerusalemin the landof Israel,"They will eattheir breadwith anxietyand drinktheir waterwith horror,becausetheir landwill be strippedof its fullnesson accountof the violenceof allwho livein it.
"But its swampsand marsheswill not becomefresh;they will be leftfor salt.
