Ezekiel 47:8-10
International Standard Version
8 He told me, “This river flows toward the eastern territories all the way down into the Arabah,[a] and from there its water flows toward the Dead[b] Sea, where the sea water turns fresh. 9 It will support all kinds of living creatures that will thrive abundantly wherever the river flows. There will be a great many fish, because this water will flow there and turn the salt water fresh. As a result, everything will live wherever the river flows. 10 A day will come when fishermen will line its banks—from En-gedi to En-eglaim[c] there will be plenty of room to spread out nets. There will be all sorts of species of fish, as abundant as the fish that live in the Mediterranean[d] Sea. There will be lots of them!
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- Ezekiel 47:8 I.e. Israel’s southern desert areas including from the Sea of Galilee to the Red Sea through the Dead Sea
- Ezekiel 47:8 The Heb. lacks Dead
- Ezekiel 47:10 I.e. a city probably located on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, not far from En-gedi, perhaps modern ‘Ain Feshka
- Ezekiel 47:10 Lit. Great
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