And wherever the river goes,[a] 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[b] may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes. 10 Fishermen will stand beside the sea. From (A)Engedi to (B)Eneglaim it will be a place for the spreading of nets. Its fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of (C)the Great Sea.[c] 11 But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 47:9 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; Hebrew the two rivers go
  2. Ezekiel 47:9 Hebrew lacks the waters of the sea
  3. Ezekiel 47:10 That is, the Mediterranean Sea; also verses 15, 19, 20

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