Water Flowing from the Temple
1 Then he brought me back to [ch. 43:1,2] the door of the temple, and behold, Ps. 46:4;Joel 3:18;[Zech. 14:8;Rev. 22:1] water was issuing from below See ch. 9:3the 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 See ch. 43:13the altar.
8 And he said to me, "This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into See Deut. 1:1the Arabah, and enters the sea;47:8 That is, the Dead Sea when the water flows into Deut. 3:17;4:49;Josh. 3:16the sea, the water will become fresh.47:8 Hebrew will be healed; also verses 9, 119 And wherever the river goes,47:9 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; Hebrew the two rivers go every living creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish. For this water goes there, that the waters of the sea47:9 Hebrew lacks the waters of the sea may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes. 12 And on the banks, [ver. 7] on both sides of the river, there will grow [Gen. 2:9] all kinds of trees for food. Ps. 1:3;[Jer. 17:8] Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, [Rev. 22:2]but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and [Rev. 22:2]their leaves for healing."