Water Flowing from the Temple

Ezekiel 47

1 Then he brought me back to x the door of the temple, and behold, y water was issuing from below z 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 a the altar. 2 Then he brought me out by way of b the north gate and led me around on the outside to c the outer gate that faces toward the east; and behold, the water was trickling out on the south side.

3 Going on eastward with a measuring line in his hand, d the man measured a thousand cubits, 1 and then led me through the water, and it was ankle-deep. 4 Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water, and it was knee-deep. Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water, and it was waist-deep. 5 Again he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the water had risen. It was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.

6 And he said to me, e "Son of man, f have you seen this?" Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 7 As I went back, I saw on the bank of the river g very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8 And he said to me, "This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into h the Arabah, and enters the sea; 2 when the water flows into i the sea, the water will become fresh. 3 9 And wherever the river goes, 4 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 5 may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes. 10 Fishermen will stand beside the sea. From j Engedi to k Eneglaim it will be a place for the spreading of nets. Its fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of l the Great Sea. 6 11 But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt. 12 And on the banks, m on both sides of the river, there will grow n all kinds of trees for food. o Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, p but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and p their leaves for healing."

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 43:1 - 2
    Then he led me to the gate, the gate facing east.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 46:4
    There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.
    Joel 3:18
    And in that day the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the streambeds of Judah shall flow with water; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord and water the Valley of Shittim.
    Zechariah 14:8
    On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea. It shall continue in summer as in winter.
    Revelation 22:1
    Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
  3. Cross References
    Ezekiel 9:3
    Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub on which it rested to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writing case at his waist.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 43:13
    These are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth): its base shall be one cubit high and one cubit broad, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this shall be the height of the altar:
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 40:35
    Then he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it. It had the same size as the others.
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 40:6
    Then he went into the gateway facing east, going up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate, one reed deep.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 40:3
    When he brought me there, behold, there was a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring reed in his hand. And he was standing in the gateway.
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 8:6
    And he said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see still greater abominations.
  10. Cross References
    Ezekiel 47:12
    And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing.
    Revelation 22:2
    Through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
  11. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 1:1
    These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
  12. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 3:17
    The Arabah also, with the Jordan as the border, from Chinnereth as far as the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah on the east.
    Deuteronomy 4:49
    Together with all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
    Joshua 3:16
    The waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho.
  13. Cross References
    1 Samuel 23:29
    And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of Engedi.
  14. Cross References
    Isaiah 15:8
    For a cry has gone around the land of Moab; her wailing reaches to Eglaim; her wailing reaches to Beer-elim.
  15. Cross References
    Joshua 15:12
    And the west boundary was the Great Sea with its coastline. This is the boundary around the people of Judah according to their clans.
  16. Cross References
    Ezekiel 47:7
    As I went back, I saw on the bank of the river very many trees on the one side and on the other.
  17. Cross References
    Genesis 2:9
    And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
  18. Cross References
    Psalms 1:3
    He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
    Jeremiah 17:8
    He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.
  19. Cross References
    Revelation 22:2
    Through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
  20. Cross References
    Revelation 22:2
    Through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
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