⁵ And when the gate was about to be closed at dark, the men went out. I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them.”

²⁵ and ^(A)its gates will never be shut by day—and ^(B)there will be no night there.

¹² And on the banks, ^(A)on both sides of the river, there will grow ^(B)all kinds of trees for food. ^(C)Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, ^(D)but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and ^(E)their leaves for healing.”

Water Flowing from the Temple

47 Then he brought me back to ^(A)the door of the temple, and behold, ^(B)water was issuing from below ^(C)the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from below the south end of the threshold of the temple, south of ^(D)the altar. ² Then he brought me out by way of ^(E)the north gate and led me around on the outside to ^(F)the outer gate that faces toward the east; and behold, the water was trickling out on the south side.

²⁰ In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, ^(A)iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for ^(B)I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.

¹⁹ As soon as it ^(A)began to grow dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut and gave orders that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. And I stationed some of my servants at the gates, that no load might be brought in on the Sabbath day.

⁷ But if through my lie God's truth abounds to his glory, ^(A)why am I still being condemned as a sinner? ⁸ And why not ^(B)do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.

⁷ So the men pursued after them on the way to the Jordan ^(A)as far as the fords. And the gate was shut as soon as the pursuers had gone out.