But none of the swamps will have fresh water in them. They will stay salty.

只是泥泞之地与洼湿之处不得治好，必为盐地。

但是沼泽与池塘的水无法变淡，只能作产盐之用。

但是沼泽与池塘的水无法变淡，只能作产盐之用。

但沼泽和湿洼之地却不会改变，留作产盐之地。

只有沼泽和洼地的水不能变淡，留作产盐之用。

只是泥濘之地與窪濕之處不得治好，必為鹽地。

但是沼澤與池塘的水無法變淡，只能作產鹽之用。

但是沼澤與池塘的水無法變淡，只能作產鹽之用。

但沼澤和濕窪之地卻不會改變，留作產鹽之地。

只有沼澤和窪地的水不能變淡，留作產鹽之用。

只是沼澤之地和窪濕之處仍不得治好，依然留着、以便出鹽。

惟其淤地水澤、水不變甘、留為斥鹵、

其淤下之澤、依然斥鹵、

惟其濱下、淤泥諸澤、仍鹵不變、仍鹵不變或作水不變甘留為出鹽之所、

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

But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt.

But the marshes and swamps will not be purified; they will still be salty.

Yet its swamps and marshes will not be healed; they will be left for salt.

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

But its swamps and marshes will not be healed; they will be given over to salt.

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

Yet its swamps and marshes will not be healed; they will be left for salt.

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

But its swamps and its marshes will not become fresh; they will remain salty.

But the miry places of it, and its marshes, will not be healed. They will be given up to salt.

The whole land will be burned up. Nothing but salt and sulfur will be left. Nothing will be planted there. Nothing will grow there. In fact, nothing will even start to grow there. The land will be like Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim after they were destroyed. The Lord wiped out those cities because he was very angry.

Let the person who does wrong keep on doing wrong. Let the evil person continue to be evil. Let the person who does right keep on doing what is right. And let the holy person continue to be holy.”

What if we keep sinning on purpose? What if we do it even after we know the truth? Then there is no offering for our sins.All we can do is to wait in fear for God to judge. His blazing fire will burn up his enemies.Suppose someone did not obey the law of Moses. And suppose two or three witnesses made charges against them. That person would die without mercy.People who deserve even more punishment include those who have hated the Son of God. They include people who have said no to him. They include people who have treated as unholy the blood of the covenant that makes them holy. They also include people who have disrespected the Holy Spirit who brings God’s grace. Don’t you think people like this should be punished more than anyone else?We know the God who said,“ I am the God who judges people. I will pay them back.”( Deuteronomy 32:35) Scripture also says,“ The Lord will judge his people.”( Deuteronomy 32:36; Psalm 135:14)It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Abimelek kept up his attack against the city all day long. He didn’t stop until he had captured it. Then he killed its people. He destroyed the city. He scattered salt on it to make sure that nothing would be able to grow there.

In hell,“‘ The worms that eat them do not die. The fire is not put out.’( Isaiah 66:24)Everyone will be salted with fire.

They will be like a bush in a dry and empty land. They will not enjoy success when it comes. They will live in dry places in the desert. It is a land of salt where no one else lives.

But others will be thrown into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. Those who are afraid and those who do not believe will be there. Murderers and those who make themselves impure will join them. Those who commit sexual sins and those who practice witchcraft will go there. Those who worship statues of gods and all who tell lies will be there too. The lake of fire is the second death.”

What if some people fall away from the faith? It won’t be possible to bring them back. It is true that they have seen the light. They have tasted the heavenly gift. They have shared in the Holy Spirit.They have tasted the good things of God’s word. They have tasted the powers of the age to come.But they have fallen away from the faith. So it won’t be possible to bring them back. They won’t be able to turn away from their sins. They are losing everything. That’s because they are nailing the Son of God to the cross all over again. They are bringing shame on him in front of everyone.Some land drinks the rain that falls on it. It produces a crop that is useful to those who farm the land. That land receives God’s blessing.But other land produces only thorns and weeds. That land isn’t worth anything. It is in danger of coming under God’s curse. In the end, it will be burned.

He turned land that produced crops into a salty land where nothing could grow. He did it because the people who lived there were evil.

They promise to give freedom to these new believers. But they themselves are slaves to sinful living. That’s because“ people are slaves to anything that controls them.”They may have escaped the sin of the world. They may have come to know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. But what if they are once again caught up in sin? And what if it has become their master? Then they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.Suppose they had not known the way of godliness. This would have been better than to know godliness and then turn away from it. The way of godliness is the sacred command passed on to them.What the proverbs say about them is true.“ A dog returns to where it has thrown up.”( Proverbs 26:11) And,“ A pig that is washed goes back to rolling in the mud.”