¹⁶ and he said, “This is what the Lord says: I will fill this valley with pools of water. ¹⁷ For this is what the Lord says: You will see neither wind nor rain, yet this valley will be filled with water,^(A) and you, your cattle and your other animals will drink. ¹⁸ This is an easy^(B) thing in the eyes of the Lord; he will also deliver Moab into your hands. ¹⁹ You will overthrow every fortified city and every major town. You will cut down every good tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones.”

²⁰ The next morning, about the time^(C) for offering the sacrifice, there it was—water flowing from the direction of Edom! And the land was filled with water.^(D)

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.^{(A) 8} He said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah,^[a](B) where it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh.^{(C) 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.^{(D) 10} Fishermen^(E) will stand along the shore; from En Gedi^(F) to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets.^(G) The fish will be of many kinds^(H)—like the fish of the Mediterranean Sea.^{(I) 11} But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.^{(J) 12} Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river.^(K) Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit^(L) fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary^(M) flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.^(N)”

¹⁶ From there they continued on to Beer,^(A) the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together and I will give them water.”

¹⁷ Then Israel sang this song:^(B)

Then they went from the wilderness to Mattanah,