Bible Commentary

Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: [which being] brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. 8. The direction of the stream was eastward, towards the region which is desert, and towards the Dead Sea. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 47:8”

Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river [were] very many trees on the one side and on the other. 7. Both banks of the wady, as is everywhere seen, were covered with trees. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Trees naturally flourish where there is abundance of water … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 47:7”

And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen [this]? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river. 6. to the brink ] Perhaps: along the brink. River is brook or wady as Eze 47:5. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges He said, i.e. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 47:6”

Afterward he measured a thousand; [and it was] a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over. The rivers in Palestine were for the most part mere watercourses, dry in summer, in winter carrying the water along the wadys … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 47:5”

Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters [were] to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters [were] to the loins. 4, 5. Successive measurements shewed a depth to the knees, the loins, and finally an impassable river. The word rendered “river” is the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 47:4”

And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters [were] to the ankles. 3. A thousand cubits from the place of emergence the waters were ankle deep. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 47:3”

Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. 2. The eastern gates being shut (Eze 44:2, Eze 46:1) the prophet is led put by … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 47:2”

Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house [stood toward] the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south [side] of the altar. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 47:1”

Then said he unto me, These [are] the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people. 24. The “ministers” are the subordinate officials the Levites. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Them that boil; appointed to do the cooks work. The ministers; either … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 46:24”

And [there was] a row [of building] round about in them, round about them four, and [it was] made with boiling places under the rows round about. 23. The description is brief. The “row” is probably not a series of separate buildings running round the court, but a continuous course of building, in which at … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 46:23”