Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house [stood toward] the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south [side] of the altar. Ve... [ Continue Reading ]
Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. Ver. 2. _And, behold, there ran out waters._] As out of a vial. _ On the right side._] The right side... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters [were] to the ankles. Ver. 3. _And when the man that had the line in his hand._] The man Christ Jesus, the sole architect of his Church, and measurer o... [ Continue Reading ]
Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters [were] to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters [were] to the loins. Ver. 4. _Again he measured a thousand._] This is a number of perfection. The gospel is a perfect doctrine, and is "a... [ Continue Reading ]
Afterward he measured a thousand; [and it was] a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over. Ver. 5. _A river that could not be passed over._] Representing, as the fathomless depth of the Scriptures - which is such as that w... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen [this]? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river. Ver. 6. _Son of man, hast thou seen this?_] And art thou soundly sensible thereof? It is very fit thou shouldst, that God may have the glory of his great goodness and power... [ Continue Reading ]
Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river [were] very many trees on the one side and on the other. Ver. 7. _Behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees._] These were trees of righteousness, fruitful Christians. _Arboretum Christi est Ecclesia._ The trees of Christ are the... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: [which being] brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. Ver. 8. _These waters issue out toward the east country._] _In Galilaeam anteriorem._ _a_ See Acts 9:31 - the... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, [that] every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh. Ver. 9... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, [that] the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a [place] to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. Ver. 10. _The fishers shall stand upon it._] Upon the Dead Sea,... [ Continue Reading ]
But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt. Ver. 11. _But the miry places thereof and the marishes, shall not be healed._] Sensual souls are seldom wrought upon by the word. Behemoth (the devil) lieth in those fens and quagmires. Job 40:21... [ Continue Reading ]
And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit t... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; This [shall be] the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph [shall have two] portions. Ver. 13. _This shall be the border._] Here the prophet returneth again to the dividing of the land, begun Ezekiel 45:1,2, &c., having hi... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: [concerning] the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance. Ver. 14. _And ye shall inherit one as well as another._] Spiritual blessings are divided _in solidum_ in gold coin among the... [ Continue Reading ]
And this [shall be] the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; Ver. 15. _And this shall be the border of the land,_] _i.e., _ Of the Christian Church, the borders whereof are here set forth as far larger than those of the land of Canaan... [ Continue Reading ]
Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which [is] between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which [is] by the coast of Hauran. Ver. 16. _Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim._] Towns of Arabia Deserta. All this is to set forth the amplitude of the Christian Church, spread far and near upon t... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And [this is] the north side._ Ver. 17. _And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan._] Forasmuch as the borders in this description of the land are set to be such as never... [ Continue Reading ]
And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel [by] Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And [this is] the east side. Ver. 18. _From Hauran._] A town of Arabia Deserts (Ptolemy calleth it Aurana), but Felix in this, that it is t... [ Continue Reading ]
And the south side southward, from Tamar [even] to the waters of strife [in] Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And [this is] the south side southward. Ver. 19. _From Tamar._] Hazazon Tamar, _a_ which was near the sea of Sodom. Eze 47:10 _ In Kadesh._] Not in Rephidim. Exo 17:7 _ a_ This was Pal... [ Continue Reading ]
The west side also [shall be] the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This [is] the west side. Ver. 20. _Till a man come over against Hamath._] To that place of the great sea, from which lieth a straight way from Hamath eastward.... [ Continue Reading ]
So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel. Ver. 21. _So shall ye divide._] _Epilogus est._ There is one and the same "inheritance of the saints in light.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, [that] ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the t... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, [that] in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give [him] his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 23. See on Ezekiel 47:22 .... [ Continue Reading ]