在《厄則克耳書》的最後幾章中，先知厄則克耳描繪了應許之地的理想景象，並為百姓的生活制定了理想的方案，聖殿的禮儀是這一切的核心。

從聖殿右側（南側）流出的水，或許象徵伊甸樂園及其中心的泉水。

先知希望，從被擄之地歸回的百姓能夠以天主為生活的中心，從天主那裡領受一切，並將一切獻給祂，使大地成為新的伊甸樂園，新的聖城。

In the last chapters of his book, the prophet Ezekiel offers an ideal description of the Promised Land and an ideal prescription of the life of the people, with the liturgy of the Temple at the center.

The water flowing from the right side, the south side of the temple, may be a reminiscence of the Garden of Eden and of the spring at its center.

The prophet hopes that the people returned from the exile may make God the center of their lives, receive from him and offer him everything, make the earth a new Eden, a new holy city.