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10 There will be fishermen standing beside it from En Gedi to En Eglaim, and there will be places for them to spread their nets to dry. There will be all kinds of fish there, like the fish of the Great Sea[a]—so very many. 11 But its swamps and marshes will not be made fresh. They will be left to provide salt. 12 Beside the river, on both its banks, every kind of tree will grow for providing food. Their leaves will never wither, and their fruit will never fail. Every month they will bear fruit because their waters flow out from the sanctuary. Its fruit will provide food, and its leaves will be for healing.

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  1. Ezekiel 47:10 The Mediterranean Sea

10 Fishermen(A) will stand along the shore; from En Gedi(B) to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets.(C) The fish will be of many kinds(D)—like the fish of the Mediterranean Sea.(E) 11 But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.(F) 12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river.(G) Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit(H) fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary(I) flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.(J)

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