What temple is meant here? Please explain the scripture in detail, the water, the measuring line, the trees, the east country, the desert, the sea, the healing, the marishes, etc., etc. C. A. S. It would be more needful to study this prophecy in detail if it were ever to be fulfilled; but all these later prophecies of Ezekiel's were conditioned on Israel's acceptance of God's plan and the forsaking of sin. See Eze. 43:9, 11; 44:6, 21, 24; 45:9. The vision of chapters 40 to 48 is one. The prophecy is of a sanctuary, a restoration of the land of Canaan, and of Jerusalem, after the return from Babylon. But it was based on Israel's yielding to God. These conditions are clearly set forth by another prophet of the same period. Jer. 18:7-10. If Israel had returned to God with all their heart, Jerusalem would have been renewed; a veritable river of life would have welled up from underneath the temple, spreading out as it flowed on, healing the salt land and fetid marshes. The Dead Sea would have been filled with fresh, living water, and there would have been a great lake in the Jordan Valley connecting the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee, and this inland sea would have abounded in fish. Great blessings would have come to land and people; but the people would not. The return from Babylon was only partial; and in the place of God's blessed plan, the best He could give them was the temple built by Zerubbabel. The east country was the desert land surrounding the Dead Sea. The word "marishes" ought to be "marshes." In a general way spiritual lessons may be drawn from this; but the prophecy is of things that would literally have been. In a faint way they are typical of the glorious restoration in the new earth. Revelation 21, 22.