Hearing God's Voice in DreamsA–Z symbols

Swamp in a dream

Biblical meaning from Hearing God's Voice in Dreams by Apostle Nicholas V. Mbanjwa

Also: Marsh, Bog, Miry place, Marshland

What it means

A place where life cannot survive; desolation and ruin.

Judgment, or ground that has been left unhealed.

In Ezekiel's vision the river healed the waters it reached, but the miry places and marshes were not healed — they were given to salt.

⚠ When it is a warning

  • Being left to ruin
  • Desolation
  • Ground that the river did not reach

How to tell the difference

Behemoth, a creature of chaos, lies under the covert of the reed and the fens, which associates the marsh with lurking demonic danger. Note whether the dreamer is crossing the swamp, stuck in it, or watching something in it.

Scripture

He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.

Job 40:21 (WEB)

“I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water. I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” says the LORD of Armies.

Isaiah 14:23 (WEB)

But its swamps and marshes will not be healed. They will be given up to salt.

Ezekiel 47:11 (WEB)

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