What does Ezekiel 47:9 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the riversc shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh."
Verse Ezekiel 47:9. _EVERY THING - WHITHERSOEVER THE RIVERS SHALL COME, SHALL_ _LIVE_] _Life_ and _salvation_ shall continually accompany the _preaching_ of the Gospel; the _death of sin_ being remove...
THE RIVERS - literally, as in the margin. Perhaps with reference to the circumstance that this “brook or river” is to come into the Dead Sea through the same plain as the Jordan. The one river (Jordan...
III. THE VISION CONCERNING THE LAND (47-48) CHAPTER 4 7 _ 1. The waters of healing from the temple (Ezekiel 47:1) _ 2. Borders of the land (Ezekiel 47:13) 3. Concerning the stranger in the land (E...
EZEKIEL 47, 48. THE HOLY LAND, ITS BEAUTY, BOUNDARIES, AND DIVISIONS. Now that the Temple and its worship, which are indispensable to the welfare of the land, have been described, Ezekiel directs his...
THINGS. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh_. App-13. MOVETH. swarmeth....
The river issuing from the temple. The prophet saw a stream issuing from beneath the threshold of the house, which pursued its way eastward, passing the altar on the south side and emerging into the o...
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS— As no fish can live in the Dead Sea, so, on the contrary, the waters which flow from the _fountain_ of salvation shall give life to all who drink of them. See Exodus 7:18. B...
III. THE FUTURE LAND 47:1-48:35 In his last vision Ezekiel observes the blessing which the people of God would enjoy in the new Temple age. In that blessed land the tribes of Israel would have eterna...
And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall co...
47:9 thing (b-10) Lit. 'soul.'...
THE LIFEGIVING STREAM Ezekiel was now brought in his vision to the door of the Temple proper. Here he saw a stream of water which came from beneath the threshold somewhat to the S. of the entrance, an...
EZEKIEL’S LAST *VISION EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS; TRANSLATION: IAN MACKERVOY._ CHAPTER 47 THE *TEMPLE RIVER – EZEKIEL 47:1-12 V1 The man brought me back to the entranc...
THE RIVERS. — According to the pointing of the Hebrew text this is _the two rivers,_ as is expressed in the margin. This peculiar form has occasioned some perplexity, especially because in the vision...
וְ הָיָ֣ה כָל ־נֶ֣פֶשׁ חַיָּ֣ה ׀ אֲֽשֶׁר ־יִשְׁרֹ֡ץ אֶ֣ל כָּל ־אֲשֶׁר֩ יָבֹ֨וא שָׁ֤ם נַחֲלַ֨יִם֙ יִֽחְיֶ֔ה
RENEWAL AND ALLOTMENT OF THE LAND Ezekiel 47:1; Ezekiel 48:1 IN the first part of the forty-seventh chapter the visionary form of the revelation, which had been interrupted by the important series o...
Again Ezekiel was taken to the door of the house, and there beheld the wonderful symbolic river. Its source was the sanctuary. It proceeded under the threshold, and past the altar, and outward in an e...
And it shall come to pass, [that] every thing that liveth, which moveth, wherever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come...
Here are many similar allusions, such as were before, in reference to the Lord Jesus, and his Gospel. The trees on the bank of this river cannot be misunderstood, if we read what is here said, with wh...
_THE RIVER OF LIFE_ Ezekiel 47:1 To Ezekiel the river meant the blessings of Messiah’s reign. The last page of the Apocalypse tells of the river of water of life that proceeds from the throne of God...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 47 AND 48. The last two Chapter s do not require any lengthened remarks. The waters that issue from the sanctuary represent the life-giving power that proceed...
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS THAT EVERYTHING THAT LIVETH, WHICH MOVETH,.... That is, every living man; everyone that lives naturally or corporeally, that lives, moves, and has his being in God, as all me...
And it shall come to pass, [that] every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall...
_Then said he, These waters issue toward the east country_ These waters are described as taking their course along the plain, or champaign country, (for that is the sense of the word here rendered _de...
THE STREAM OF LIVING WATERS...
RIVERS: _ Heb._ two rivers...
THAT LIVETH; as fish, so this universal is to be limited. Which moveth in the waters; so in GENESIS 1:20 this kind of living creatures are described. THE RIVERS SHALL COME; these rivers flow: by this...
Ezekiel 47:9 living H2416 thing H5315 moves H8317 (H8799) rivers H5158 go H935 (H8799) live H2421 (H8799) very H3966 great H7227 fish H1710 waters H4325 go H935 (H8804) healed H7495 (H8735) live H2425...
CHAPTER EZEKIEL 47:1 THE RIVERS OF LIVING WATER. The first twelve verses of this chapter deal with the vision of rivers of living water flowing from the temple, beginning as a small streamlet and mult...
Ezekiel 47:9 We take the holy waters mentioned in the text to be the emblems of that wondrous scheme of mercy, perfected by the atonement of Christ, made vital by the Ever-present Spirit, and adapted...
CONTENTS: River of the new sanctuary. Borders of the land. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: Revelation 22:1-2; Zechariah 14:8-9. KEY WORD: River of sanctuary, Ezekiel 47:1; borders, Ezekiel 47...
Ezekiel 47:16. _Hamath,_ a city commanding the passage of mount Lebanon, and the north-west boundary of the Israelites. 1 Chronicles 13:5. REFLECTIONS. The jews rejoiced more when they poured water...
_He measured a thousand cubits._ CURIOUS THINGS IN LIFE This chapter is a chapter of measurement. Everything is meted out, as it were, by so many cubits and inches. The voice is very dogmatic:--“This...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 47:1 The tour brings Ezekiel back into the inner court. The DOOR OF THE TEMPLE (v. Ezekiel 47:1) is that of the sanctuary itself. There begins one of the most striking scenario...
THE VISION OF THE HOLY WATERS ISSUING FROM THE TEMPLE. (Chap. 47) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 47:1. “THE HOUSE EASTWARD.” The house is the Temple itself; the waters issued from beneath the south-east...
EXPOSITION As the first part of Ezekiel's vision (Ezekiel 40-43.) dealt with the temple, or "house," and the second (Ezekiel 44-47.) with the ritual, or "worship," so the third, which beans with the p...
CHAPTER 47:1-12. VISION OF THE TEMPLE WATERS. IT is necessary to take the first part of this chapter apart from the second, which relates to a different subject, the new division of the land, and whi...
Now in chapter 47 we find this river that comes forth from this east gate. Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, the waters issued out from under the threshold of the...
1 Corinthians 15:45; Acts 2:41; Acts 2:47; Acts 21:20; Acts 4:4; Acts 5:14; Acts 6:7; Ephesians 2:1; Exodus 15:26; Isaiah 30:26;...
Shall live — Be preserved alive, and thrive, whereas no fish can live in the Dead — sea. For they — The poisonous waters of the Dead — sea shall be made wholesome for fish. Shall live — Thrive, and mu...