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45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day. He captured the city and killed the people who were in it, and (A)he razed the city and (B)sowed it with salt.

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45 All that day Abimelek pressed his attack against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he destroyed the city(A) and scattered salt(B) over it.

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(A)He is like a shrub in the desert,
    (B)and shall not see any good come.
He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness,
    in (C)an uninhabited salt land.

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That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;
    they will not see prosperity when it comes.
They will dwell in the parched places(A) of the desert,
    in a salt(B) land where no one lives.

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

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

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Therefore, (A)as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts,
    the God of Israel,
“Moab shall become (B)like Sodom,
    and the Ammonites (C)like Gomorrah,
a land possessed by nettles and salt pits,
    and a waste for ever.
The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
    and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”

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Therefore, as surely as I live,”
    declares the Lord Almighty,
    the God of Israel,
“surely Moab(A) will become like Sodom,(B)
    the Ammonites(C) like Gomorrah—
a place of weeds and salt pits,
    a wasteland forever.
The remnant of my people will plunder(D) them;
    the survivors(E) of my nation will inherit their land.(F)

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