Chapter 47

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the door Ezek 41:2, Ezek 41:23-26

waters issued Solomon's temple and the second temple were doubtless well supplied with water, probably conveyed there by means of pipes; but these waters flowed from the temple, not as a common sewer, but as a fertilizing river. A fountain producing abundance of water was not in the temple, and could not be there on the top of such a hill; and consequently these waters, as well as those spoken of by Joel and Zechariah, must be understood figuratively and typically. These waters doubtless were an emblem of the "gospel preached with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven;" and their gradual rise beautifully represents it progress, from small beginnings to an immensely large increase; and the latter part of the representation may relate to the times when it shall fill the earth, and produce the most extensive and important effects on the state of making in every nation. Ps 46:4; Isa 30:25, Isa 55:1; Jer 2:13; Joel 3:18; Zech 13:1, Zech 14:8; John 7:37-39; Rev 22:1, Rev 22:17

from under the threshold Ezek 47:12; Isa 2:3


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northward Ezek 44:2, Ezek 44:4


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the man Ezek 40:3; Zech 2:1; Rev 11:1, Rev 21:15

waters were to the ankles Heb. waters of the ancles, Luke 24:49; Acts 2:4, Acts 2:33, Acts 10:45-46, Acts 11:16-18


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the waters were to the knees Acts 19:10-20; Rom 15:19; Col 1:6


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waters to swim in Heb. waters of swimming, Isa 11:9; Dan 2:34-35; Hab 2:14; Matt 13:31-32; Rev 7:9, Rev 11:15, Rev 20:2-4


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hast thou Ezek 8:17, Ezek 40:4, Ezek 44:5; Jer 1:11-13; Zech 4:2, Zech 5:2; Matt 13:51


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bank Heb. lip, 1Kgs 9:26; 2Kgs 2:13 *marg.

many Ezek 47:12; Gen 2:9-10; Rev 22:2


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and go down Isa 35:1, Isa 35:7, Isa 41:17-19, Isa 43:20, Isa 44:3-5, Isa 49:9; Jer 31:9

desert or, plain, Deut 3:17, Deut 4:49; Josh 3:16

the sea This was the Dead sea, or sea of Sodom, east of Jerusalem, in which it is said no living creature is found; or, at least, from its extreme saltness, it does not abound with fish like other seas. The healing of these waters denotes the calling of the Gentiles.

the waters 2Kgs 2:19-22; Isa 11:6-9; Mal 1:11; Matt 13:15


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every thing John 3:16, John 11:26

rivers Heb. two rivers, Ps 78:16

shall live John 5:25, John 6:63, John 11:25, John 14:6, John 14:19; Rom 8:2; 1Cor 15:45; Eph 2:1-5

a very great Isa 49:12, Isa 60:3-10; Zech 2:11, Zech 8:21-23; Acts 2:41, Acts 2:47, Acts 4:4, Acts 5:14, Acts 6:7; Acts 21:20, Greek

for they Exod 15:26; Ps 103:3; Isa 30:26


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fishers Apostles and preachers of the gospel. Matt 4:19, Matt 13:47-50; Mark 1:17; Luke 5:4-10; John 21:3-11

Engedi 2Chr 20:2

the fish Great quantities of all kinds of fish usually caught in the Mediterranean, genuine converts of all nations, kindreds, and people.

the great sea Ezek 47:15, Ezek 48:28; Num 34:6; Josh 23:4; Ps 104:25

exceeding Isa 49:12, Isa 49:20


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the miry places Those who reject, neglect, or pervert the gospel.

shall not be healed, they shall be or, and that which shall not be

shall be etc. Heb 6:4-8, Heb 10:26-31; 2Pet 2:19-22; Rev 21:8, Rev 22:11

given Deut 29:23; Judg 9:45; Ps 107:34; Jer 17:6; Mark 9:48-49


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by the river Ezek 47:7; Ps 92:12; Isa 60:21, Isa 61:3

grow Heb. come up

trees for meat Probably, believers, "trees of righteousness," who still bring forth, "fruit unto holiness," and "whose end is eternal life."

whose Job 8:16; Ps 1:3; Jer 17:8

new or, principal

medicine or, bruises and sores, Isa 1:6; Jer 8:22; Rev 22:2


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This shall Num 34:2-12

Joseph Ezek 48:4-6; Gen 48:5, Gen 49:26; 1Chr 5:1; Jer 3:18, Jer 31:1


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lifted up mine hand or, swore, Ezek 20:5-6, Ezek 20:28, Ezek 20:42; Gen 12:7, Gen 13:15, Gen 15:7, Gen 17:8, Gen 26:3, Gen 28:13; Num 14:16, Num 14:30

fall Ezek 48:29; Prov 16:33


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And this Ezek 47:17-20

Hethlon Ezek 48:1

Zedad Num 34:8


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Hamath Num 13:21, Num 34:8; 1Kgs 8:65; Amos 6:14; Zech 9:2

Berothah 2Sam 8:8, Berothai

Damascus Gen 14:15; 1Chr 18:5; Acts 9:2

Hazarhatticon or, the middle village

Hauran The district of Auranitis, now Haouran, sw of Damascus.


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the border from The Holy Land, as here described, extended from about 31 degrees to 35 degrees n lat. and from 34 degrees to 37 degrees e long.; being bounded on the north by a line drawn from the Mediterranean to Hamath; on the east by Damascus, Hauran, Gilead, and the land of Israel east of Jordan, unto the south of the Dead sea; on the south by Tamar and Kadesh, unto the river of Rhinocorura; and on the west by the Mediterranean sea, from the same point northward "till a man came over against Hamath;" and its length from north to south would be about 280 miles, and its breadth about 150 miles. The ten tribes, as well as Judah and Benjamin, were to be admitted to a full share in this inheritance, which seems to imply, that the future restoration to the promised land is predicted; while the admission of strangers who sojourned in the land to a share in the inheritance, as if native Israelites, plainly intimates the calling of the Gentiles into the church, and their joint inheritance of its privileges, and of the heavenly felicity.

Hazarenan Ezek 48:1; Num 34:9


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from Heb. from between

from Gilead Gen 31:23, Gen 31:47, Galead, Num 32:1; Judg 10:8

Jordan Gen 13:10; Job 40:23


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Tamar Ezek 48:28

strife or, Meribah, Num 20:13; Deut 32:51, Deut 33:8; Ps 81:7

river or, valley, Josh 12:3

southward or, toward Teman


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ye shall divide Ezek 47:13-14

and to the strangers Isa 56:6-7; Acts 2:5-10, Acts 11:18; Eph 2:12-13, Eph 2:19-22, Eph 3:6; Rev 7:9-10

they shall have Acts 15:9; Rom 10:12; Gal 3:28-29; Col 3:11


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