Ezekiel 47:11

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.

Complete Jewish Bible:

However, its mud flats and marshes will not become fresh but will remain salty.

Berean Standard Bible:

But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.

American Standard Version:

But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

But the miry places{H1207} thereof and the marishes{H1360} thereof shall not be healed{H7495}; they shall be given{H5414} to salt{H4417}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Deuteronomy 29:23

  • [And that] the whole land thereof [is] brimstone, and salt, [and] burning, [that] it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

Revelation 22:11

  • He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

2 Peter 2:19

  • While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

2 Peter 2:22

  • But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog [is] turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

Hebrews 10:26

  • For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

Hebrews 10:31

  • [It is] a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Psalms 107:34

  • A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

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Commentary for Ezekiel 47:11

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H1207
    There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בִּצָּה
    Transliteration: bitstsâh
    Pronunciation: bits-tsaw'
    Description: intensive from בֹץ; a swamp; fen, mire(-ry place).
  2. Strong's Number: H1360
    There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גֶּבֶא
    Transliteration: gebeʼ
    Pronunciation: geh'-beh
    Description: xlit gebe corrected to gebeʼ; from an unused root meaning probably to collect; a reservoir; by analogy, a marsh; marish, pit.
  3. Strong's Number: H7495
    There are 62 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רָפָא
    Transliteration: râphâʼ
    Pronunciation: raw-faw'
    Description: or רָפָה; a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure; cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, [idiom] thoroughly, make whole. See רָפָה.
  4. Strong's Number: H5414
    There are 1816 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נָתַן
    Transliteration: nâthan
    Pronunciation: naw-than'
    Description: a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
  5. Strong's Number: H4417
    There are 26 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מֶלַח
    Transliteration: melach
    Pronunciation: meh'-lakh
    Description: from מָלַח; properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved); salt(-pit).