Ezekiel 47:7-8

47:7 When I had returned, I noticed ¹  a vast number of trees on the banks of the river, on both sides. 47:8 He said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region and flow down into the Arabah; when they enter the Dead Sea, ²  where the sea is stagnant, ³  the waters become fresh. ⁴ 

Ezekiel 47:18

47:18 On the east side, between Hauran and Damascus, and between Gilead and the land of Israel, will be the Jordan. You will measure from the border to the eastern sea. This is the east side.

Zechariah 14:8

14:8 Moreover, on that day living waters will flow out from Jerusalem, ⁵  half of them to the eastern sea ⁶  and half of them to the western sea; ⁷  it will happen both in summer and in winter.

¹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

² tn Heb “the sea,” referring to the Dead Sea. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “to the sea, those which are brought out.” The reading makes no sense. The text is best emended to read “filthy” (i.e., stagnant). See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:273.

⁴ tn Heb “the waters become healed.”

⁵ sn Living waters will flow out from Jerusalem. Ezekiel sees this same phenomenon in conjunction with the inauguration of the messianic age (Ezek 47; cf. Rev 22:1-5; also John 7:38).

⁶ sn The eastern sea is a reference to the Dead Sea (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).

⁷ sn The western sea is a reference to the Mediterranean Sea (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).