⁶ He asked me, “Son of man, do you see this?”

Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 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)”

Eden Restored

22 Then the angel showed me the river^(A) of the water of life,^(B) as clear as crystal,^(C) flowing^(D) from the throne of God and of the Lamb ² down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life,^(E) bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.^(F)