23 (A)And he will give (B)rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. (C)In that day your livestock will graze in large pastures, 24 and (D)the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork. 25 And (E)on every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks running with water, in the day of the great slaughter, (F)when the towers fall. 26 (G)Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when (H)the Lord binds up (I)the brokenness of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.

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As I went back, I saw on the bank of the river (A)very many trees on the one side and on the other. And he said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into (B)the Arabah, and enters the sea;[a] when the water flows into (C)the sea, the water will become fresh.[b] And wherever the river goes,[c] every living creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish. For this water goes there, that the waters of the sea[d] may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes. 10 Fishermen will stand beside the sea. From (D)Engedi to (E)Eneglaim it will be a place for the spreading of nets. Its fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of (F)the Great Sea.[e] 11 But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt. 12 And on the banks, (G)on both sides of the river, there will grow (H)all kinds of trees for food. (I)Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, (J)but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and (K)their leaves for healing.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 47:8 That is, the Dead Sea
  2. Ezekiel 47:8 Hebrew will be healed; also verses 9, 11
  3. Ezekiel 47:9 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; Hebrew the two rivers go
  4. Ezekiel 47:9 Hebrew lacks the waters of the sea
  5. Ezekiel 47:10 That is, the Mediterranean Sea; also verses 15, 19, 20

15 until (A)the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
    and (B)the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
    and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.

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The Ransomed Shall Return

35 (A)The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad;
    (B)the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;
it shall blossom abundantly
    and rejoice with joy and singing.
(C)The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,
    the majesty of (D)Carmel and (E)Sharon.
(F)They shall see the glory of the Lord,
    the majesty of our God.

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18 (A)I will open rivers on the bare heights,
    and fountains in the midst of the valleys.
(B)I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
    and the dry land springs of water.
19 (C)I will put in the wilderness the cedar,
    the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive.
I will set in the desert (D)the cypress,
    the plane and the pine together,
20 that they may see and know,
    may consider and understand together,
that (E)the hand of the Lord has done this,
    the Holy One of Israel has created it.

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21 “Fear not, O land;
    be glad and rejoice,
    for (A)the Lord has done great things!
22 Fear not, (B)you beasts of the field,
    for (C)the pastures of the wilderness are green;
(D)the tree bears its fruit;
    the fig tree and (E)vine give their full yield.

23 (F)“Be glad, O children of Zion,
    and (G)rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given (H)the early rain for your vindication;
    he has poured down for you abundant rain,
    (I)the early and (J)the latter rain, as before.

24 “The threshing floors shall be full of grain;
    the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.

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