5. He measured another 1000 cubits, but there the water was too deep to cross. It had become a river. The water was deep enough to swim in. It was a river that was too deep to cross.
6. Then the man said to me, “Son of man, did you pay close attention to the things you saw?” Then the man led me back along the side of the river.
7. As I walked back along the side of the river, I saw many trees on both sides of the water.
8. He said to me, “This water flows east, down to the Arabah Valley.
9. This water flows into the Dead Sea so that the water in that sea becomes fresh and clean. There are many fish in this water, and all kinds of animals live where this river goes.
10. You can see fishermen standing by the river all the way from En Gedi to En Eglaim. You can see them throwing their fishing nets and catching many kinds of fish. There are as many kinds of fish in the Dead Sea as there are in the Mediterranean Sea.
11. But the swamps and small marshes will not become fresh. They will be left for salt.
12. All kinds of fruit trees will grow on both sides of the river. Their leaves never will become dry and fall. The fruit will never stop growing on those trees. The trees will produce fruit every month, because the water for the trees comes from the Temple. The fruit from the trees will be for food, and their leaves will be for healing.”