Eze 47:1, 12, Rev 21:21, 22:1 | TSK | STEP | The vision of the holy waters. The virtue of them. The borders of the land. The division of it by lot. the door. 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. from under the threshold.

Ezekiel 47:1

1 The vision of the holy waters.

6 The virtue of them.

13 The borders of the land.

22 The division of it by lot.

the door.

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.

Ps 46:4; Isa 30:25; 55:1; Jer 2:13; Joe 3:18; Zec 13:1; 14:8

Joh 7:37-39; Re 22:1,17

from under the threshold.

12; Isa 2:3

Ezekiel 47:12

by the river.

7; Ps 92:12; Isa 60:21; 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; Ps 1:3; Jer 17:8

new. or, principal. medicine. or, bruises and sores.

Isa 1:6; Jer 8:22; Re 22:2