Bible Verse Lookup
Ezk 47:12
Chapter 47
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Along both banks of the river, there will be all kinds of fruit trees with leaves that never wither and fruit that never fails; each month they will produce a fresh crop because the water comes from the temple. The fruit will be tasty to eat, and the leaves will be used for healing.
Commentaries
New Temple and New Land.
The new temple is designed to avoid past mistakes: it will be reinforced. It will have new boundaries to separate the holiness of the people and their land (42:20). Everything will be reorganized from the sanctuary (43:12). God is returning to dwell among His people. This time, it will be forever (43:7).
Spring of the Temple.
From the temple flows the living water that transforms the earth into a new paradise (cf. Jl 3:18; Zec 14:8). This vision concludes the entire Bible after the wedding of the Lamb in the book of Revelation (Rev 22:1-2). This image is the final summary of the reclaimed territory and the rebuilt city and temple (48:30-35). The city gains a symbolic name full of hope for the Israelites in exile: “God is here.”