Ezekiel 47:7

Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

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In The King James Version

Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

In Context

6He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he brought me and caused me to return to the bank of the river.

8Then he said to me, “These waters flow out toward the eastern region and will go down into the Arabah. Then they will go toward the sea and flow into the sea which will be made to flow out; and the waters will be healed.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:9Out of the ground the LORD God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

2 Kings 2:13He also took up Elijah’s mantle that fell from him, and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan.

Revelation 22:2in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 47:2-13

The Vision of the Holy Waters. ( b. c. 574.) 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 brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters… Read the whole commentary →

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