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10 Fishermen will stand along its shore from En-gedi to En-eglaim;[a] it will become a place for drying nets, and it will abound with as many kinds of fish as the Great Sea.(A) 11 Its marshes and swamps shall not be made fresh, but will be left for salt. 12 Along each bank of the river every kind of fruit tree will grow; their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fresh fruit because the waters of the river flow out from the sanctuary. Their fruit is used for food, and their leaves for healing.”(B)

The New Israel

Boundaries of the Land.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 47:10 From En-gedi to En-eglaim: En-gedi is about halfway down the western shore of the Dead Sea; En-eglaim may have been at its northern end.
  2. 47:13–20 These boundaries for a restored Israel correspond to the boundaries of the Davidic kingdom at its fullest extent; they are the “ideal boundaries” of the promised land; cf. Nm 34:3–12.

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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