Ezekiel 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, ¹  where the sea is stagnant, ²  the waters become fresh. ³ 

De 3:17; De 4:49; Jos 3:16; 2Ki 2:19-22; Isa 11:6-9; Isa 35:1,7; Isa 41:17-19; Isa 43:20; Isa 44:3-5; Isa 49:9; Jer 31:9; Mal 1:11; Mt 13:15

¹ tn Heb “the sea,” referring to the Dead Sea. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² 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.

³ tn Heb “the waters become healed.”