Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Ezekiel Chapter 47
Overview
Eze 47:1, The vision of the holy waters; Eze 47:6, The virtue of them; Eze 47:13, The borders of the land; Eze 47:22, The division of it by lot.
the door: Eze 41:2, Eze 41:23-26
waters issued: Solomon's temple and the second temple were doubtless well supplied with water, probably conveyed there by means of pipes; but these waters flowed from the temple, not as a common sewer, but as a fertilizing river. A fountain producing abundance of water was not in the temple, and could not be there on the top of such a hill; and consequently these waters, as well as those spoken of by Joel and Zechariah, must be understood figuratively and typically. These waters doubtless were an emblem of the "gospel preached with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven;" and their gradual rise beautifully represents it progress, from small beginnings to an immensely large increase; and the latter part of the representation may relate to the times when it shall fill the earth, and produce the most extensive and important effects on the state of making in every nation. Psa 46:4; Isa 30:25, Isa 55:1; Jer 2:13; Joe 3:18; Zac 13:1, Zac 14:8; Joh 7:37-39; Rev 22:1, Rev 22:17
from under the threshold: Eze 47:12; Isa 2:3
the man: Eze 40:3; Zac 2:1; Rev 11:1, Rev 21:15
waters were to the ankles: Heb. waters of the ancles, Luk 24:49; Act 2:4, Act 2:33, Act 10:45, Act 10:46, Act 11:16-18
the waters were to the knees: Act 19:10-20; Rom 15:19; Col 1:6
waters to swim in: Heb. waters of swimming, Isa 11:9; Dan 2:34, Dan 2:35; Hab 2:14; Mat 13:31, Mat 13:32; Rev 7:9, Rev 11:15, Rev 20:2-4
hast thou: Eze 8:17, Eze 40:4, Eze 44:5; Jer 1:11-13; Zac 4:2, Zac 5:2; Mat 13:51
bank: Heb. lip, Kg1 9:26; Kg2 2:13 *marg.
many: Eze 47:12; Gen 2:9, Gen 2:10; Rev 22:2
and go down: Isa 35:1, Isa 35:7, Isa 41:17-19, Isa 43:20, Isa 44:3-5, Isa 49:9; Jer 31:9
desert: or, plain, Deu 3:17, Deu 4:49; Jos 3:16
the sea: This was the Dead sea, or sea of Sodom, east of Jerusalem, in which it is said no living creature is found; or, at least, from its extreme saltness, it does not abound with fish like other seas. The healing of these waters denotes the calling of the Gentiles.
the waters: Kg2 2:19-22; Isa 11:6-9; Mal 1:11; Mat 13:15
every thing: Joh 3:16, Joh 11:26
rivers: Heb. two rivers, Psa 78:16
shall live: Joh 5:25, Joh 6:63, Joh 11:25, Joh 14:6, Joh 14:19; Rom 8:2; Co1 15:45; Eph 2:1-5
a very great: Isa 49:12, Isa 60:3-10; Zac 2:11, Zac 8:21-23; Act 2:41, Act 2:47, Act 4:4, Act 5:14, Act 6:7; Act 21:20, Greek
for they: Exo 15:26; Psa 103:3; Isa 30:26
fishers: Apostles and preachers of the gospel. Mat 4:19, Mat 13:47-50; Mar 1:17; Luk 5:4-10; Joh 21:3-11
Engedi: Ch2 20:2
the fish: Great quantities of all kinds of fish usually caught in the Mediterranean, genuine converts of all nations, kindreds, and people.
the great sea: Eze 47:15, Eze 48:28; Num 34:6; Jos 23:4; Psa 104:25
exceeding: Isa 49:12, Isa 49:20
the miry places: Those who reject, neglect, or pervert the gospel.
shall not be healed, they shall be: or, and that which shall not be
shall be: etc. Heb 6:4-8, Heb 10:26-31; Pe2 2:19-22; Rev 21:8, Rev 22:11
given: Deu 29:23; Jdg 9:45; Psa 107:34; Jer 17:6; Mar 9:48, Mar 9:49
by the river: Eze 47:7; Psa 92:12; Isa 60:21, Isa 61:3
grow: Heb. come up
trees for meat: Probably, believers, "trees of righteousness," who still bring forth, "fruit unto holiness," and "whose end is eternal life."
whose: Job 8:16; Psa 1:3; Jer 17:8
new: or, principal
medicine: or, bruises and sores, Isa 1:6; Jer 8:22; Rev 22:2
This shall: Num 34:2-12
Joseph: Eze 48:4-6; Gen 48:5, Gen 49:26; Ch1 5:1; Jer 3:18, Jer 31:1
lifted up mine hand: or, swore, Eze 20:5, Eze 20:6, Eze 20:28, Eze 20:42; Gen 12:7, Gen 13:15, Gen 15:7, Gen 17:8, Gen 26:3, Gen 28:13; Num 14:16, Num 14:30
And this: Eze 47:17-20
Hethlon: Eze 48:1
Zedad: Num 34:8
Hamath: Num 13:21, Num 34:8; Kg1 8:65; Amo 6:14; Zac 9:2
Berothah: Sa2 8:8, Berothai
Damascus: Gen 14:15; Ch1 18:5; Act 9:2
Hazarhatticon: or, the middle village
Hauran: The district of Auranitis, now Haouran, sw of Damascus.
the border from: The Holy Land, as here described, extended from about 31 degrees to 35 degrees n lat. and from 34 degrees to 37 degrees e long.; being bounded on the north by a line drawn from the Mediterranean to Hamath; on the east by Damascus, Hauran, Gilead, and the land of Israel east of Jordan, unto the south of the Dead sea; on the south by Tamar and Kadesh, unto the river of Rhinocorura; and on the west by the Mediterranean sea, from the same point northward "till a man came over against Hamath;" and its length from north to south would be about 280 miles, and its breadth about 150 miles. The ten tribes, as well as Judah and Benjamin, were to be admitted to a full share in this inheritance, which seems to imply, that the future restoration to the promised land is predicted; while the admission of strangers who sojourned in the land to a share in the inheritance, as if native Israelites, plainly intimates the calling of the Gentiles into the church, and their joint inheritance of its privileges, and of the heavenly felicity.
from: Heb. from between
from Gilead: Gen 31:23, Gen 31:47, Galead, Num 32:1; Jdg 10:8
Tamar: Eze 48:28
strife: or, Meribah, Num 20:13; Deu 32:51, Deu 33:8; Psa 81:7
river: or, valley, Jos 12:3
southward: or, toward Teman
ye shall divide: Eze 47:13, Eze 47:14
and to the strangers: Isa 56:6, Isa 56:7; Act 2:5-10, Act 11:18; Eph 2:12, Eph 2:13, Eph 2:19-22, Eph 3:6; Rev 7:9, Rev 7:10
they shall have: Act 15:9; Rom 10:12; Gal 3:28, Gal 3:29; Col 3:11