- barren land:
- Heb. salt places, "[And that] the whole¹ landª thereof [is] brimstone,ª and salt,ª [and] burning,ª [that] it is not¹ sown,ª° nor¹ beareth,ª° nor¹ any¹ grassª growethª° therein, like the overthrowª of Sodom,ª and Gomorrah,ª Admah,ª and Zeboim,ª which¹ the LORDª overthrewª° in his anger,ª and in his wrath:ª" {Deu 29:23} + "A fruitfulª landª into barrenness,ª for the wickednessª¹ of them that dwellª° therein." {Psa 107:34} + "For he shall be¹ like the heath²¹ in the desert,ª and shall not¹ seeª° when¹ goodª cometh;ª° but shall inhabitª° the parched placesª in the wilderness,ª [in] a saltª landª and not¹ inhabited.ª°" {Jer 17:6} + "But the miry placesª thereof and the marishesª thereof shall not¹ be healed;ª° they shall be givenª° to salt.ª" {Ezk 47:11}
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