Ezekiel
Chapter
47
1
Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house
and,
behold, waters issued out from under the threshold
of
the house eastward
for
the forefront of the house stood toward the east,
and
the waters came down from under
from
the right side of the house,
at
the south side of the altar.
2
Then he brought me out of the way of the gate northward,
and
led me about the way without unto the utter gate
by
the way that looks eastward;
and,
behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
3
And when the man that had the line in his hand
went
forth eastward,
he
measured a thousand cubits,
and
he brought me through the waters;
the
waters were to the ankles.
4
Again he measured a thousand,
and
brought me through the waters;
the
waters were to the knees.
Again
he measured a thousand,
and
brought me through;
the
waters were to the loins.
5
Afterward he measured a thousand;
and
it was a river that I could not pass over
for
the waters were risen,
waters
to swim in,
a
river that could not be passed over.
6
And he said unto me,
"Son
of man, have you seen this?"
Then
he brought me,
and
caused me to return to the brink of the river.
7
Now when I had returned, behold,
at
the bank of the river were very many trees
on
the one side and on the other.
8
Then said he unto me,
"These
waters issue out toward the east country,
and
go down into the desert,
and
go into the sea
which
being brought forth into the sea,
the
waters shall be healed.
9
And it shall come to pass,
that
every thing that lives,
which
moves,
whithersoever
the rivers shall come, shall live.
And
there shall be a very great multitude of fish,
because
these waters shall come there
for
they shall be healed.
And
every thing shall live where the river comes.
10
And it shall come to pass,
that
the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim.
They
shall be a place to spread forth nets.
Their
fish shall be according to their kinds,
as
the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
11
But the miry places thereof and the marshes thereof
shall
not be healed.
They
shall be given to salt.
12
And by the river upon the bank thereof,
on
this side and on that side,
shall
grow all trees for meat,
whose
leaf shall not fade,
neither
shall the fruit thereof be consumed.
It
shall bring forth new fruit according to his months,
because
their waters they issued out of the sanctuary
and
the fruit thereof shall be for meat,
and
the leaf thereof for medicine.
13
Thus said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah,
"This
shall be the border,
whereby
you shall inherit the land
according
to the twelve tribes of Israel.
Joseph
shall have two portions. 14
And
you shall inherit it,
one
as well as another
concerning
the which I lifted up my hand to give it unto your fathers
and
this land shall fall unto you for inheritance. 15
And
this shall be the border of the land toward the north side,
from
the great sea,
the
way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad 16
Hamath,
Berothah, Sibraim,
which
is between the border of Damascus
and
the border of Hamath . . .
Hazarhatticon,
which is by the coast of Hauran. 17
And
the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan,
the
border of Damascus,
and
the north northward,
and
the border of Hamath.
And
this is the north side. 18
And
the east side you shall measure from Hauran,
and
from Damascus,
and
from Gilead,
and
from the land of Israel by Jordan,
from
the border unto the east sea.
And
this is the east side. 19
And
the south side southward,
from
Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh,
the
river to the great sea.
And
this is the south side southward.
20
The west side also shall be the great sea from the border,
till
a man come over against Hamath.
This
is the west side.
21
So shall you divide this land unto you
according
to the tribes of Israel.
22
And it shall come to pass,
that
you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you,
and
to the strangers that sojourn among you,
which
shall beget children among you.
And
they shall be unto you as born in the country
among
the children of Israel;
they
shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
23
And it shall come to pass,
that
in what tribe the stranger sojourns,
there
shall you give him his inheritance,"
said
the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah.
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