CHAPTER XLVII _The vision of the holy waters issuing out of the temple, and_ _their virtue; an emblem of the power of God's grace under the_ _Gospel, capable of healing all but the incorrigibly impenitent,_ _represented by the marshy ground that cannot be healed_, 1-12. _Also a description of t... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 47:2. _THERE RAN OUT WATERS_] מים מפכים _mayim mephaccim_, the waters seem to have been at first _in small quantity_; for the words imply that they _oozed_ or _dropped out_. They were at first so small that they came _guttatim, drop by drop_; but they increased so, that they became a r... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 47:3. _He measured a thousand cubits, - the waters were to_ _the ANKLES; a thousand more, - the waters were to the KNEES; a_ _thousand more, - they became a RIVER_ that could _not be forded. The_ _waters were risen_, and they _were waters to SWIM in_. I. This may be applied to the _gr... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 47:4. Ezekiel 47:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
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Verse Ezekiel 47:9. _EVERY THING - WHITHERSOEVER THE RIVERS SHALL COME, SHALL_ _LIVE_] _Life_ and _salvation_ shall continually accompany the _preaching_ of the Gospel; the _death of sin_ being removed, the life of righteousness shall be brought in. _THERE SHALL BE A VERY GREAT MULTITUDE OF FISH_]... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 47:10. _THE FISHERS SHALL STAND UPON IT_] On the above plan of interpretation these must mean - 1. The _apostles_ of our Lord Jesus. 2. The _preachers_ of the everlasting Gospel. See Matthew 4:19. _FROM EN-GEDI_] At the southern extremity of the Dead Sea. _UNTO EN-EGLAIM_] At the n... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 47:11. _THE MIRY PLACES_] "Point out," says _Calmet_, "the schismatics and hereties who do not live by the Spirit of Jesus Christ, but separate from his Church; and the evil Christians who dishonour that Church, of which they are corrupt members." A description applicable to the Roman... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 47:12. _SHALL GROW ALL TREES FOR MEAT, WHOSE LEAF SHALL NOT_ _FADE_] A description that suits the righteous, who are still producing - 1. The _fruits_ of _faith_. 2. The _fruits_ of the _Spirit._ 3. The _fruits_ of _love_ to God, obedience to his holy will, and love to all men. Bene... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 47:13. _JOSEPH_ SHALL HAVE TWO _PORTIONS._] That is, In _Ephraim_ and _Manasseh_, his two sons, who each had a separate inheritance.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 47:15. _THE WAY OF HETHLON, US MEN GO TO ZEDAD._] Probably Hethlon is the same as Cuthlon, a city of Syria, between Antioch and Laodicea, according to Antoninus. Some of these places are not known; but see the same kind of division, Numbers 34:7-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 47:16. _HAMATH_] Emesa or Amesa, in Syria. - _Calmet_. _BEROTHAH_] Berytus, now Baruth or Beeroth, which David took from Hadarezer, king of Syria, 2 Samuel 8:8; but these things are very uncertain. _SIBRAIM_] Sabarim or Sepharvaim, according to the Syriac, between Hamath and Damascus... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 47:17. _THE BORDER FROM THE SEA_] The north border _eastward_ is ascertained Ezekiel 47:15; here it is shown how far it extends itself _northward_. _HAZAR-ENAN_] The village of Enan, Numbers 34:9, placed to the north of Caesarea Philippi. _Ziphron_, see Numbers 34:9, called _Zaphion_... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 47:18. _THE EAST SEA_] The same as the _Dead Sea_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 47:19. _TAMAR_] Called _Hazazon Tamar_, or _Engedi_, 2 Chronicles 20:2. _THE RIVER_] Besor, which runs into the sea near Gaza.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 47:20. _THE GREAT SEA_] The Mediterranean. _FROM THE BORDER_] The southern border, mentioned Ezekiel 47:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 47:22. _AND TO THE STRANGERS THAT SOJOURN_] In former divisions of the land, no place was given to _strangers_; but in this division, (which seems to have no other reference than to the Gospel, for literally such a division never took place,) the _strangers_ are to have an _inheritance... [ Continue Reading ]