Ezekiel 47:9 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 47:8-9

Ezekiel 47:8-9. Then said he, These waters issue toward the east country These waters are described as taking their course along the plain, or champaign country, (for that is the sense of the word here rendered desert,) toward the lake where Sodom formerly stood, called the Dead sea, and by Moses, the Salt sea: see Deuteronomy 3:17. Which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed These living and salubrious streams, by mixing with the salt and brackish waters of... 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 47:9

things = soul. Hebrew. nephesh . App-13 . moveth = swarmeth. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 47:9

Ezekiel 47:9. And it shall come to pass— As no fish can live in the Dead Sea, so, on the contrary, the waters which flow from the fountain of salvation shall give life to all who drink of them. See Exodus 7:18. By the fishers in the next verse may be understood the apostles, and other ministers of the gospel. En-gedi was situated at the beginning of the Red Sea, near the Jordan; and En-eglaim where it disembogues itself. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 47:9

9. rivers—in Hebrew, "two rivers." Hence Hebrew expositors think that the waters from the temple were divided into two branches, the one emptying itself into the eastern or Dead Sea, the other into the western or Mediterranean. So :-. However, though this probably is covertly implied in the Hebrew dual, the flowing of the waters into the Dead Sea only is expressed. Compare :-, "waters . . . healed," which can apply only to it, not to the Mediterranean: also :-, "fish as the fish of the great... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 47:1-12

The temple river 47:1-12 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 47:8-9

The man explained that the river continued east and emptied into the Arabah, the Jordan valley, and eventually into the Dead Sea. Presently this involves a drop in elevation of over 3,700 feet (from the temple mount at 2,430 feet above sea level to the Dead Sea at 1,290 feet below sea level). These waters purified the waters of the Dead Sea and made it a live sea. The Dead Sea presently contains 24-26 percent minerals compared with normal seawater that contains 4-6 percent. [Note: Ibid., p.... 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 47:9

(9) The rivers.—According to the pointing of the Hebrew text this is the two rivers, as is expressed in the margin. This peculiar form has occasioned some perplexity, especially because in the vision of Zechariah (Zechariah 14:8) the waters are represented as divided, half of them flowing to the Dead Sea and half of them to the Mediterranean. It is plain, however, that but one river is intended here, flowing into the Dead Sea. Possibly there is an allusion in the dual form to the Jordan flowing... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 47:8-9

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:1-12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 47:9

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 47:9

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 47:9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 47:1-12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 47:8-9

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

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 47:9

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