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Ezekiel 47:7-12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Ezekiel 47:7-12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 As I was returning, I saw along the bank of the river a great many trees on each side.(A) 8 He said to me, “This water flows out into the eastern district, runs down into the Arabah and empties into the polluted waters of the sea[a] to freshen them.(B) 9 Wherever it flows, the river teems with every kind of living creature; fish will abound. Where these waters flow they refresh; everything lives where the river goes. 10 Fishermen will stand along its shore from En-gedi to En-eglaim;[b] it will become a place for drying nets, and it will abound with as many kinds of fish as the Great Sea.(C) 11 Its marshes and swamps shall not be made fresh, but will be left for salt. 12 Along each bank of the river every kind of fruit tree will grow; their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fresh fruit because the waters of the river flow out from the sanctuary. Their fruit is used for food, and their leaves for healing.”(D)
The New Israel
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- 47:8 The sea: the Dead Sea, in which nothing can live. This vision of the Temple stream which transforms places of death into places of life is similar in purpose to the oracle of dry bones in 37:1–14: it offers the exiles hope for the future.
- 47:10 From En-gedi to En-eglaim: En-gedi is about halfway down the western shore of the Dead Sea; En-eglaim may have been at its northern end.
- 47:13–20 These boundaries for a restored Israel correspond to the boundaries of the Davidic kingdom at its fullest extent; they are the “ideal boundaries” of the promised land; cf. Nm 34:3–12.
Ezekiel 47:7-12
New International Version
Ezekiel 47:7-12
New International Version
7 When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river.(A) 8 He said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah,[a](B) where it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh.(C) 9 Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live.(D) 10 Fishermen(E) will stand along the shore; from En Gedi(F) to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets.(G) The fish will be of many kinds(H)—like the fish of the Mediterranean Sea.(I) 11 But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.(J) 12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river.(K) Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit(L) fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary(M) flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.(N)”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 47:8 Or the Jordan Valley
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