And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees: but the water is bad, and the ground barren.
2 Kings 2:20 - King James 2000 And he said, Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it. And they brought it to him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said, Bring me a new bowl and put salt [the symbol of God's purifying power] in it. And they brought it to him. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. Common English Bible He said, “Bring me a new bowl, and put some salt in it.” They did so. Catholic Public Domain Version And so he said, "Bring a new vessel to me, and place salt in it." And when they had brought it, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said: Bring me a new vessel, and put salt into it. And when they had brought it, |
And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees: but the water is bad, and the ground barren.
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus says the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from there any more death or barren land.
But its swamps and its marshes shall not be healed; they shall be given over to salt.
Therefore as I live, says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of weeds, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.