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Matthew Henry

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 47:17

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 47:18

And the east side ye shall measure Hauran ,.... The line of the eastern border of the land shall begin at Hauran or Auranitis; see Ezekiel 47:16 , which lay to the south F19 Vid. Reland Palestina Illustrata, l. 1. c. 22. p. 107. of Damascus: and it follows, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea ; and so from Damascus, the metropolis of Syria; and likewise from Gilead, a mountain and country beyond Jordan; and also from that part of the land of... 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 47:13-21

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 47:17

The northern boundary is further defined as extending from the sea, i.e. the Mediterranean on the west, to Hazar-enan , or the "Village of fountains," in the east, which village again is declared to have been the border , frontier city (Keil), at the border (Revised Version) of Damascus , and as having on the north northward the border or territory of Hamath. The final clause adds, And this is the north side , either understanding וְאֵת , with Gesenius, as equivalent to ... read more

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