Ezekiel 47:1–8

The Healing Waters and Trees

47Then he brought me back to the door of the ¹temple; and there was ^awater, flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the front of the temple faced east; the water was flowing from under the right side of the temple, south of the altar. ²He brought me out by way of the north gate, and led me around on the outside to the outer gateway that faces ^beast; and there was water, running out on the right side.

³And when ^cthe man went out to the east with the line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the water came up to my ankles. ⁴Again he measured one thousand and brought me through the waters; the water came up to my knees. Again he measured one thousand and brought me through; the water came up to my waist. ⁵Again 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. ⁶He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he brought me and returned me to the bank of the river.

⁷When I returned, there, along the bank of the river, were very many ^dtrees on one side and the other. ⁸Then he said to me: “This water flows toward the eastern region, goes down into the ²valley, and enters the sea. When it reaches the sea, its waters are healed.