Ezekiel 47

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:7

Now when I had returned ,.... To the brink of the river: behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side, and on the other ; here was a new wonder observed, which had not been before; and therefore this note of admiration, "behold!" is prefixed; on a sudden sprung up trees on each side of the river, of a perfect stature, and full of fruit; which the prophet had not seen when he went along with the man on the bank of it, as he measured the waters; but now being... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:8

Then said he unto me ,.... The man that measured the waters spoke to the prophet again, and showed him the course of the waters; the quickening and healing virtue of them, and the multitude of fish in them: these waters issue out toward the east country ; the Gospel was first preached in the eastern parts of the world; See Gill on Ezekiel 47:3 , or "towards the first, or east Galilee" F6 אל הגלילה הקדמונה "in Galileam prinam", Junius & Tremellius; "ad Galileam... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:9

And it shall come to pass that everything that liveth, which moveth ,.... That is, every living man; everyone that lives naturally or corporeally, that lives, moves, and has his being in God, as all men have, Acts 17:28 , whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live ; or, "the two rivers" F9 נחלים "duo torrentes", Pagninus, Montanus; "geminus torrens", Tigurine version, Cocceius; "fluvius geminus", Starckius. ; the waters divided as before, east and west; not the two... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:10

And it shall come to pass ,.... In Gospel times: what follows had a fulfilment in the first times of the Gospel, and will have a greater in the latter times of it: that the fishers shall stand upon it ; upon the brink of the river, or the shore of the sea, whose waters will be healed by this river running into them. These "fishers" are the apostles of Christ, who, of fishermen, were made fishers of men by him; to whom he gave a call, and a commission, and gifts qualifying them to preach... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:11

But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof ,.... That is, of the sea; the waters of which were healed, by the waters of the sanctuary coming into them: but the ditches and lakes, the miry and marsh ground, separate from the sea, which lay near it, and upon the borders of it, shall not be healed ; these design the reprobate part of the world, obstinate and perverse sinners, that abandon themselves to their filthy lusts, and sensual pleasures; that wallow like swine in the mire... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:12

And by the river on the banks thereof, on this side and on that side ,.... On each side of the river, on the banks of it: shall grow all trees for meat ; such as bear fruit, that may be eaten, and is good for food: by these "trees" are meant truly gracious souls, converted persons, real Christians, true believers in Christ; who like trees have a root, are rooted in the love of God, in the person and grace of Christ, and have the root of the matter in them, the grace of the blessed... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:13

Thus saith the Lord God, this shall be the border ,.... Of the land of Israel, as described in the following verses; which being different from, and much larger, and more extensive, than it was in the times of Moses or Joshua, or than it was either before or after the captivity in Babylon, shows that this must be understood either of the land of Canaan, as it will be when possessed and inhabited by the Jews, upon their conversion in the latter day; or rather of the church of Christ, which is... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:14

And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another ,.... That is, the twelve tribes shall equally inherit it; one tribe shall not have more, and another less, but each alike: this was not the case, at the division of the land, in the times of Moses and Joshua; for to such tribes as were very numerous a greater inheritance was given; and to those that were fewer in number a lesser inheritance, Numbers 26:54 , and upon the return from the Babylonish captivity, as the tribes of Judah and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:15

And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side ,.... The description of the borders of the land begins on the north side; because the Gospel, and the interest of Christ, would be, as they now are, chiefly in the northern part of the world, before the latter day glory takes place, and from thence spread into the other parts of it: from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad ; the line of this border shall begin at the Mediterranean sea, commonly called the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:16

Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim ,.... The line of the northern border should be drawn on by Hamath, the same with Antiochia in Syria, since called Epiphania, as Jerom observes, from Antiochus Epiphanies; and go on by Berothah, a city of Hadadezer king of Zobah, 2 Samuel 8:8 , the same with the Barothena of Ptolemy F17 Geograph. l. 5. c. 19. , placed by him in Syria; and from thence the line would be carried on to Sibraim, a city in Arabia Deserta: which is between the border of Damascus... read more

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