But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
Ver. 11. But the miry places thereof and the marishes, shall not be healed.] Sensual souls are seldom wrought upon by the word. Behemoth (the devil) lieth in those fens and quagmires. Job 40:21 They are void of the Spirit. Jdg 1:18-19 They say unto God, "Depart from us," we had rather dance to the timbrel and harp; Job 21:11 whoredom and wine, and new wine, take away their hearts. Hos 4:11 He who had married a wife, or rather was married to her, sent word flat and plain he could not come; others excused themselves more mannerly. Luk 14:18-20 Such persons choose to remain in the sordes filth of their sins, and so are miserable by their own election.
They shall be given to salt.] Delivered up to strong delusions, 1Th 2:15-16 vile affections, Rom 1:26 just damnation. Rev 22:11