Now the men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees, but the water is bad, and the land is unfruitful.”
2 Kings 2:20 - English Standard Version 2016 He said, “Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him. 更多版本King 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, |
Now the men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees, but the water is bad, and the land is unfruitful.”
Then he went to the spring of water and threw salt in it and said, “Thus says the Lord, I have healed this water; from now on neither death nor miscarriage shall come from it.”
Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Moab shall become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles and salt pits, and a waste forever. The remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day. He captured the city and killed the people who were in it, and he razed the city and sowed it with salt.