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Ezekiel 47:5-9
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Ezekiel 47:5-9
New King James Version
5 Again he measured one thousand, and it was a river that I could not cross; for the water was too deep, water in which one must swim, a river that could not be crossed. 6 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he brought me and returned me to the bank of the river.
7 When I returned, there, along the bank of the river, were very many (A)trees on one side and the other. 8 Then he said to me: “This water flows toward the eastern region, goes down into the [a]valley, and enters the sea. When it reaches the sea, its waters are healed. 9 And it shall be that every living thing that moves, wherever [b]the rivers go, will live. There will be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters go there; for they will be healed, and everything will live wherever the river goes.
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- Ezekiel 47:8 Or Arabah, the Jordan Valley
- Ezekiel 47:9 Lit. two rivers
Ezekiel 47:5-9
New International Version
Ezekiel 47:5-9
New International Version
5 He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river(A) that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in—a river that no one could cross.(B) 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.(C) 8 He said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah,[a](D) where it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh.(E) 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.(F)
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- Ezekiel 47:8 Or the Jordan Valley
Ezekiel 47:5-9
King James Version
Ezekiel 47:5-9
King James Version
5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.
6 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.
7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
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