the man: Ezekiel 40:3, Zechariah 2:1, Revelation 11:1, Revelation 21:15 waters were to the ankles: Heb. waters of the ancles, Luke 24:49, Acts 2:4, Acts 2:33, Acts 10:45, Acts 10:46, Acts 11:16-Job : Reciprocal: Zechariah 1:16 - and read more
the waters were to the knees: Acts 19:10-Proverbs :, Romans 15:19, Colossians 1:6 Reciprocal: Zechariah 2:1 - a man read more
waters to swim in: Heb. waters of swimming, Isaiah 11:9, Daniel 2:34, Daniel 2:35, Habakkuk 2:14, Matthew 13:31, Matthew 13:32, Revelation 7:9, Revelation 11:15, Revelation 20:2-Numbers : read more
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.He measured — By the line in his hand.He brought me — Went before, and the prophet followed; all this was in vision. read more
1-12. These verses describe the mysterious supernatural stream flowing from underneath the sacred threshold of the temple (see note Ezekiel 46:1-2), the waters of which turn the desert into a paradise and even sweeten the Dead Sea; a plain symbol of the power of a holy religion in the midst of a redeemed people. These living waters of blessing (compare Isaiah 8:6; Joel 3:18; Revelation 22:1-2) “trickled forth” (Ezekiel 47:2, R.V., margin) from under the threshold and passing eastward and a... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 47:5
Eze 47:5 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 we may well do by it as the Romans did by a lake, the depth whereof they could not sound, they dedicated it to Victory - so the abundance of spiritual graces in the Church, the love of Christ... read more