“This will be the border.” The subject now switches from the river flowing from Jerusalem to the borders of the Promised Land in the Millennial Kingdom. Many Bibles have a subheading here to make that clear. It would have been helpful if the people who originally added chapters to the Bible made this a new chapter, including from Ezekiel 47:13 through chapter 48, which deals with land areas.

[For more on Christ’s future kingdom on earth, see Appendix 3, “Christ’s Future Kingdom on Earth].