⁶ And he said to me, ^(A)“Son of man, ^(B)have you seen this?”

Then he led me back to the bank of the river. ⁷ As I went back, I saw on the bank of the river ^(C)very many trees on the one side and on the other. ⁸ And he said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into ^(D)the Arabah, and enters the sea;^[a] when the water flows into ^(E)the sea, the water will become fresh.^{[b] 9} And wherever the river goes,^[c] 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^[d] may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes. ¹⁰ Fishermen will stand beside the sea. From ^(F)Engedi to ^(G)Eneglaim it will be a place for the spreading of nets. Its fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of ^(H)the Great Sea.^{[e] 11} But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt. ¹² And on the banks, ^(I)on both sides of the river, there will grow ^(J)all kinds of trees for food. ^(K)Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, ^(L)but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and ^(M)their leaves for healing.”

The River of Life

22 Then the angel^[a] showed me ^(A)the river of ^(B)the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb ² through the middle of ^(C)the street of the city; ^(D)also, on either side of the river, ^(E)the tree of life^[b] with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were ^(F)for the healing of the nations.