Ezekiel 47 · Verse 11

Ezekiel 47:11

But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
Ezekiel 47:11, King James Version

Ezekiel 47:11 in other translations

BSBBut the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.
WEBBut its swamps and marshes will not be healed. They will be given up to salt.
ASVBut the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt.
YLTIts miry and its marshy places--they are not healed; to salt they have been given up.
DARBYBut its marshes and its pools shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt.
BBEThe wet places and the pools will not be made sweet; they will be given up to salt.
WebsterBut its miry places and its marshes shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.

What does Ezekiel 47:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. marshes--marshy places. The region is known to have such pits and marshes. The Arabs take the salt collected by evaporation in these pits for their own use, and that of their flocks. not be healed--Those not reached by the healing waters of the Gospel, through their sloth and earthly-mindedness, are given over (Re 22:11) to their own bitterness and barrenness (as "saltness" is often employed to express, De 29:23; Psa 107:34; Zep 2:9); an awful example to others in the punishment they suffer (2Pe 2:6).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 The miry places - "Point out," says Calmet, "the schismatics and heretics who do not live by the Spirit of Jesus Christ, but separate from his Church; and the evil Christians who dishonor that Church, of which they are corrupt members." A description applicable to the Roman Catholic Church, that is both schismatic and heretic from the Church of Jesus Christ, which is built on the foundation of the prophets and apostles, Jesus himself being the chief corner stone; for the Church of Rome, leaving this foundation, is now built on the foundation of councils and traditions, and lying miracles; the popes in their succession being its only corner stones.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 47:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בִּצֹּאתָ֧יוbi.tzo.tovswamps itsH1207
וּגְבָאָ֛יוu.ge.va.'Avand marshes itsH1360
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
יֵרָפְא֖וּye.ra.fe.'Uthey will be healedH7495
לְמֶ֥לַחle.Me.lachto saltH4417
נִתָּֽנוּ\׃ni.Ta.nuthey will be givenH5414

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 47:11

  • 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 2:19-22

    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. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 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.

  • Jeremiah 17:6

    For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

  • Judges 9:45

    And Abimelech 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.

  • Hebrews 10:26-31

    For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? …

  • Mark 9:48-49

    Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.

  • Psalms 107:34

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

  • Revelation 21:8

    But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

  • Hebrews 6:4-8

    For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the miry places.Those who reject, neglect, or pervert the gospel.
shall not be healed, they shall be. or, and that which shallnot be, shall be, etc.
Heb 6:4-8; 10:26-31; 2Pe 2:19-22; Re 21:8; 22:11
given.
De 29:23; Jud 9:45; Ps 107:34; Jer 17:6; Mr 9:48,49

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Context

  • Ezekiel 47:10

    And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En–gedi even unto En–eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

  • Ezekiel 47:11

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

  • Ezekiel 47:12

    And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.

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Ezekiel 47:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Sus charcos y sus lagunas no se sanarán; quedarán para salinas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ses marais et ses étangs ne seront pas assainis, ils seront abandonnés au sel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Seine Sümpfe und seine Lachen werden nicht gesund werden, sie werden salzig bleiben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
In littoribus autem ejus et in palustribus, non sanabuntur, quia in salinas dabuntur.