Ezekiel 47:1-9 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 47:1-12

This part of Ezekiel's vision must so necessarily have a mystical and spiritual meaning that thence we conclude the other parts of his vision have a mystical and spiritual meaning also; for it cannot be applied to the waters brought by pipes into the temple for the washing of the sacrifices, the keeping of the temple clean, and the carrying off of those waters, for that would be to turn this pleasant river into a sink or common sewer. That prophecy, Zech. 14:8; may explain it, of living waters... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:1

Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house ,.... The door of the temple, even of the holy of holies; hither the prophet is said to be brought again, or "brought back" F24 וישבני "reduxit me", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Starckius. ; for he was last in the corners of the outward court, viewing the kitchens or boiling places of the ministers; but now he was brought back into the inner court, and to the door that led into the holiest of all: and,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:2

Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward ,.... Out of the inward court where he was, by the way of the north gate, the eastern gate being shut: and led me about the way without unto the utter gate, by the way that looketh eastward ; and from thence he had him round to the outward eastern gate, where he was at first, Ezekiel 40:6 , to meet the flow of waters that came through the inward and outward courts eastward: and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:3

And when the man that had the line in his hand ,.... The same as in Ezekiel 40:3 and is no other than Christ, who appeared in a human form to the prophet; and who hitherto had only made use of the measuring reed in taking the dimensions of the house, and what appertained to it; but now he uses the line of flax he had in his hand, in measuring the waters as they ran; by which line is meant the Scriptures, the word of God, by which all doctrines are to be measured: this is the rule that both... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:4

And again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees ,.... The man with his line measured another thousand cubits straight on from the first; and then bid the prophet cross and ford them again, and then they were knee deep: again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins ; a third time he measured a thousand cubits still onward, and ordered the prophet to wade through them, when they were risen so high as to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:5

Afterward he measured a thousand ,.... A fourth time a thousand cubits. Some think these four measurings respect the preaching of the Gospel in the four parts of the world; but rather they refer to four remarkable seasons of the ministry of it; as in the times of John the Baptist, and the disciples of Christ before his death; in the primitive churches of the three first centuries; at the time of the Reformation; and in the latter day glory, which is the fourth and last measuring: and it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:6

And he said unto me, son of man, hast thou seen this ? &c.; That is, the man that measured the waters said to the prophet, hast thou carefully observed all this from whence the waters flowed? from what small beginnings they rose, and gradually increased? how they first issued forth, as out of a vial; and now, in the space of about two or three miles, are become a deep river, and impassable? it is right and profitable to observe the rise and progress of the Gospel; what a spread it has... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 47:1-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:6

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

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

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

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