6He said to me,“Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he led me back to the bank of the river.
7When I had returned, I noticed a vast number of trees on the banks of the river, on both sides.
8He said to me,“These waters go out toward the eastern region and flow down into the rift valley; when they enter the Dead Sea, where the sea is stagnant, the waters become fresh.
9Every living creature which swarms where the river flows will live; there will be many fish, for these waters flow there. It will become fresh and everything will live where the river flows.
10Fishermen will stand beside it; from En Gedi to En Eglaim they will spread nets. They will catch many kinds of fish, like the fish of the Great Sea.
11But its swamps and its marshes will not become fresh; they will remain salty.