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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 47:11

Ezekiel 47:11. But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed “There shall still remain some marshes, creeks, or swamps, into which these healing waters shall not find an entrance; and these must be left incurably sterile and worthless.” Scott. This represents the case of those countries or individuals, who either utterly reject the gospel, or, though they profess to receive it, do not obey and walk according to it, but hold the truth in unrighteousness. They... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:1-12

The river of life (47:1-12)Upon completing his description of the temple and its rituals, Ezekiel moves on to the remarkable climax to his visions. He saw a trickle of water coming from under the door of the temple, then flowing across the court and under the main outer wall (just south of the east gate) (47:1-2). The stream headed east, rapidly growing wider and deeper until, within a very short distance, it became a large river (3-6a).The first thing that Ezekiel noticed about this remarkable... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 47:11

miry places = swamps. marishes = marshes. Hebrew = pools. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 47:11

Ezekiel 47:11. But the miry places, &c.— Hereby are meant, says Calmet, those wicked Christians, who dishonour the church whereof they are corrupt members. Salt here signifies sterility. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 47:11

11. marshes—marshy places. The region is known to have such pits and marshes. The Arabs take the salt collected by evaporation in these pits for their own use, and that of their flocks. not be healed—Those not reached by the healing waters of the Gospel, through their sloth and earthly-mindedness, are given over ( :-) to their own bitterness and barrenness (as "saltness" is often employed to express, Deuteronomy 29:23; Psalms 107:34; Zephaniah 2:9); an awful example to others in the punishment... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 47:10-11

The Dead Sea would become so full of many varieties of fish that fishermen would fish for them from Engedi, on the west side of the sea about midway north to south, to Eneglaim, possibly on the northwest shore near Qumran or on the eastern side. The entire Dead Sea region would not become fresh, however; the swamps and marshes would remain saline, perhaps to provide salt and or other minerals for the people. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 47:1-12

The Lifegiving StreamEzekiel was now brought in his vision to the door of the Temple proper. Here he saw a stream of water which came from beneath the threshold somewhat to the S. of the entrance, and ran eastwards, crossing the inner court on the S. of the altar, and leaving the outer court on the S. of the outer E. gate. It rapidly deepened till it became an unfordable river, with trees on both its banks. It traversed the barren region between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, and entering the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 47:1-23

§ 2. The Ordinances of the New Israel (Ezekiel 40-48)This concluding section of the book is dated in the twenty-fifth year of Ezekiel's captivity, i.e. the fourteenth year after the fall of Jerusalem (572 b.c.). It is therefore thirteen years later than the previous section (Ezekiel 33-39), and, with the exception of Ezekiel 29:17-21, forms the latest part of the book. It is in the form of a vision, which is the counterpart of that in Ezekiel 8-11. There God forsook the old Temple which had... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 47:11

(11) The marishes thereof shall not be healed.—The picture of the life-giving waters would be imperfect without this exception to their effects. The Dead Sea at the southern end is very shallow, and beyond there is an extensive tract of very low land. In the season of the flood of the Jordan this is overflowed to a considerable distance, and as the river subsides, is again left bare and encrusted with salt from the evaporation of the water. This allusion, therefore, shows plainly that the... read more

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