Ezekiel 47:16-17

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 47:16

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:17

And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus ,.... Which was the furthermost part and end of the northern border, as fixed by Moses, Numbers 34:9 , and the north northward, and the border of Hamath ; if this is carrying on the border further, it seems to be another Hamath, distinct from the former, Ezekiel 47:16 , and this is the north side : of the land, and the description of the northern border of it, from the Mediterranean sea to Hazarenan. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 47:16

Hamath - Emesa or Amesa, in Syria. - Calmet. Berothah - Berytus, now Baruth or Beeroth, which David took from Hadarezer, king of Syria, 2 Samuel 8:8 ; but these things are very uncertain. Sibraim - Sabarim or Sepharvaim, according to the Syriac, between Hamath and Damascus. Hazar-hatticon - The middle Hazar; or middle village, as the margin. Hauran - The city Aurana, and the district Auranitis, are in the north-east limit of the Holy Land. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 47:17

The border from the sea - The north border eastward is ascertained Ezekiel 47:15 , Ezekiel 47:16 ; here it is shown how far it extends itself northward. Hazar-enan - The village of Enan, Numbers 34:9 , placed to the north of Caesarea Philippi. Ziphron, see Numbers 34:9 , called Zaphion by the Syriac. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 47:1-23

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 47:16

The four names here mentioned belong to towns or places lying on the road to Zedad, and stretching from west to east. Hamath , called also Hamath the Great ( Amos 6:2 ), situated on the Orontes, north of Hermon and Antilibanus ( Joshua 13:5 ; 3:3 ), was the capital of a kingdom to which also belonged Riblah ( 2 Kings 23:33 ). Originally colonized by the Canaanites ( Genesis 10:18 ), it became in David's time a flourishing kingdom under Toi, who formed an alliance with the Hebrew... read more

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