Exo 15:23-25, 2Ki 2:19-22, Eze 47:8-11 | ESV | STEP | When they came to Marah , they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter ; therefore it was named Marah .

Exodus 15:23-25

23 When they came to ^aMarah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah. ^{▼▼ Marah means bitterness} 24 And the people ^cgrumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25 And he ^dcried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a log, ^{▼▼Or tree} and he ^fthrew it into the water, and the water became sweet.

There the Lord ^{▼▼Hebrew he} made for them a statute and a rule, and there he ^htested them,

2 Kings 2:19-22

19 Now the men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees, but the water is bad, and the land is unfruitful.” 20 He said, “Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him. 21 Then he went to the spring of water and ⁱthrew salt in it and said, “Thus says the Lord, I have healed this water; from now on neither death nor miscarriage shall come from it.” 22 So the water has been healed to this day, according to the word that Elisha spoke.

Ezekiel 47:8-11

8 And he said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into ^jthe Arabah, and enters the sea; ^{▼▼That is, the Dead Sea} when the water flows into ^lthe sea, the water will become fresh. ^{▼▼Hebrew will be healed; also verses 9, 11} 9 And wherever the river goes, ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; Hebrew the two rivers go} every living creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish. For this water goes there, that the waters of the sea ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks the waters of the sea} may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes. 10 Fishermen will stand beside the sea. From ^pEngedi to ^qEneglaim it will be a place for the spreading of nets. Its fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of ^rthe Great Sea. ^{▼▼That is, the Mediterranean Sea; also verses 15, 19, 20} 11 But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt.