Salt is the earthy equivalent of fire; hence Deuteronomy describes God cursing the land in terms of his burning it “with sulfur and salt…like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Yahweh overturned in his anger, and in his fury” (Dt 29:23).
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The symbolism of salt
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Salt is the earthy equivalent of fire; hence Deuteronomy describes God cursing the land in terms of his burning it “with sulfur and salt…like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Yahweh overturned in his anger, and in his fury” (Dt 29:23).