Ezekiel 47:15 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 47:13-22

We are now to pass from the affairs of the sanctuary to those of the state, from the city to the country. 1. The Land of Canaan is here secured to them for an inheritance (Ezek. 47:14): I lifted up my hand to give it unto your fathers, that is, promised it upon oath to them and their posterity. Though the possession had been a great while discontinued, yet God had not forgotten his oath which he swore to their fathers. Though God's providences may for a time seem to contradict his promises,... read more

John Gill

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 47:15

The way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad - Probably Hethlon is the same as Cuthlon, a city of Syria, between Antioch and Laodicea, according to Antoninus. Some of these places are not known; but see the same kind of division, Numbers 34:7-12 . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 47:1-23

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 47:13-21

The inheritance of the children. The prophet was locking forward to the restoration of his fellow-countrymen to the land given by God to their fathers. The temple and all that concerns its services and ministrations having been described, Ezekiel naturally turns in the next place to picture the repossessed and apportioned inheritances. There are difficulties in interpreting this passage relating to the territories given to the several tribes; but there can be no doubt that the prophet... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 47:13-23

The boundaries of the land, and the manner of its division. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 47:13-23

Canaan a type of heaven. To the Jews exiled in Chaldea restoration to Palestine seemed a lesser heaven. To regain their land, their ancestral estates, their temple, their priesthood, was the goal of present ambition, was a steppingstone to yet higher good. The prophetic pictures of Ezekiel were designed to tempt their thoughts to loftier soarings. A better thing than Canaan was in store for them, but as yet they could not appreciate it, therefore could not perceive it. So, by slow and... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 47:15

The north boundary . And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side . The Revised Version follows Kliefoth and Keil in detaching the last clause from the preceding words, and reading. This shall be the border of the land : on the north side . From the great sea , the Mediterranean, by the way of Hethlon, as men go to (or, unto the entering in of ) Zedad . The former of these places ( Chethlon ), which is again mentioned in Ezekiel 48:1 , has not yet been... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 47:15

The borders of the land follow closely Numbers 34:0, where they begin from the south, as the people came up from Egypt; in Ezekiel, they begin from the north, as they might return from Babylon. The occupation is ideal, but is grounded, as usual, on an actual state of things.The border of the land toward the north - Names of places in the actual northern border are given (marginal references) not to mark exact geographical position, but to show that the original promise will be fulfilled.The way... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 47:15-17

Ezekiel 47:15-17. This shall be the border toward the north The northern border of the land was to begin from the west point, on which side lay the Mediterranean sea, and to go on northward toward Hethlon, a place between Tyre and Damascus, and so forward to Zedad, mentioned Numbers 34:8, Hamath, and other places here mentioned in these verses. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 47:13-22

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 47:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 47:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 47:13-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 47:13-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 47:13-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 47:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 47:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 47:15-17

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