⁸ And he said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into ^(A)the Arabah, and enters the sea;^[a] when the water flows into ^(B)the sea, the water will become fresh.^[b]

⁹ And wherever the river goes,^[a] every living creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish. For this water goes there, that the waters of the sea^[b] may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes.