And the men of the city said unto Eli´sha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
2 Kings 2:20 - King James Version - American Edition And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. 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 Eli´sha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
But the miry places thereof and the marshes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomor´rah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
And Abim´elech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.