Deuteronomy 29:23

29:23 The whole land will be covered with brimstone, salt, and burning debris; it will not be planted nor will it sprout or produce grass. It will resemble the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed in his intense anger. ¹ 

Psalms 107:34

107:34 and a fruitful land into a barren place, ² 

because of the sin of its inhabitants.

Jeremiah 17:6

17:6 They will be like a shrub ³  in the desert.

They will not experience good things even when they happen.

It will be as though they were growing in the desert,

in a salt land where no one can live.

Ezekiel 47:11

47:11 But its swamps and its marshes will not become fresh; they will remain salty.

[29:23]  ¹ tn Heb “the anger and the wrath.” This construction is a hendiadys intended to intensify the emotion.

[107:34]  ² tn Heb “a salty land.”

[17:6]  ³ tn This word occurs only here and in Jer 48:6. It has been identified as a kind of juniper, which is a short shrub with minute leaves that look like scales. For a picture and more discussion see Fauna and Flora of the Bible, 131.