⁷ As I went back, I saw on the bank of the river ^(A)very many trees on the one side and on the other. ⁸ And he said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into ^(B)the Arabah, and enters the sea;^[a] when the water flows into ^(C)the sea, the water will become fresh.^{[b] 9} And wherever the river goes,^[c] 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^[d] may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes.

¹¹ But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt.