Ezekiel 47:8 (KJV)

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Then said he unto me These waters issue out toward the east country and go down into the desert and go into the sea which being brought forth into the sea the waters shall be healed

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and go down. Isa 35:1 Isa 35:7 Isa 41:17-19 Isa 43:20 Isa 44:3-5 Isa 49:9 Jer 31:9

desert. or, plain. De 3:17 De 4:49 Jos 3:16

the waters. 2Ki 2:19-22 Isa 11:6-9 Mal 1:11 Mt 13:15

the sea.This was the Dead sea, or sea of Sodom, east of Jerusalem, in which it is said no living creature is found; or, at least, from its extreme saltness, it does not abound with fish like other seas. The healing of these waters denotes the calling of the Gentiles.

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