Ezekiel 47:1

1. waters—So :-, represents "the water of life as proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb." His throne was set up in the temple at Jerusalem (Ezekiel 43:7). Thence it is to flow over the earth (Joel 3:18; Zechariah 13:1; Zechariah 14:8). Messiah is the temple and the door; from His pierced side flow the living waters, ever increasing, both in the individual believer and in the heart. The fountains in the vicinity of Moriah suggested the image here. The waters flow eastward, that is, towards the Kedron, and thence towards the Jordan, and so along the Ghor into the Dead Sea. The main point in the picture is the rapid augmentation from a petty stream into a mighty river, not by the influx of side streams, but by its own self-supply from the sacred miraculous source in the temple [HENDERSON]. (Compare Psalms 36:8; Psalms 36:9; Psalms 46:4; Isaiah 11:9; Habakkuk 2:14). Searching into the things of God, we find some easy to understand, as the water up to the ankles; others more difficult, which require a deeper search, as the waters up to the knees or loins; others beyond our reach, of which we can only adore the depth (Habakkuk 2:14- :). The healing of the waters of the Dead Sea here answers to "there shall be no more curse" (Habakkuk 2:14- :; compare Zechariah 14:11).