Bible Commentaries

door = entrance.

behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.

came down = were coming down. Compare Joel 3:18; and see Isaiah 12:3; Isaiah 44:3. Zechariah 14:8. Revelation 22:1.

from under = from beneath. Referring to the perennial source which has supplied the fountain of Gihon. See App-68.

right side: i.e. the south side. Compare Ezekiel 47:2.

utter = is outer.

man. Hebrew "ash. App-14.

the line = a measuring line, Hebrew. kav. Only here in Ezekiel. Not the same word as in Ezekiel 40:3, which is pathil.

cubits. See App-51, (1).

the waters, &c. = waters [reaching] to the ankle, No Art. Hebrew "of the ankles". Genitive of Relation. App-17.

Son of man. See note on Ezekiel 2:1.

trees. See the Structure above.

east country = the eastern Allah i.e. circular border-land. Used of the Jordan in Joshua 22:11.

desert = plain. Hebrew "arabah. See Deuteronomy 3:17; Deuteronomy 4:49. the sea.

The sea = called Salt, or Dead Sea.

things = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

moveth = swarmeth.

En-gedi. Now the well-known spring, Ain Jidy, on the west shore. The original name was Hazazon-tamar (2 Chronicles 20:2).

En-eglaim. Not yet identified. Eusebius places it eight miles south of "Ar of Moab. This would probably be "Ain Hajla, the ancient Beth Hogla.

the great sea. The Mediterranean.

miry places = swamps.

marishes = marshes. Hebrew = pools.

trees for meat. Hebrew "trees of meat". Genitive of Relation. App-17. Compare Genesis 2:9.

consumed = fail.

new = ripe.

medicine = healing. The Divine provision for preserving and restoring health in that future day, when this prophecy shall be literally fulfilled. Compare Revelation 22:2.

Thus saith, &c. See note on Ezekiel 44:9.

the Lord GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4.

Joseph. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 48:5-22). App-92.

shall have, Supply this Ellipsis (App-6), by "shall inherit".

to give it, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 12:7; Genesis 12:17, Genesis 12:8; Genesis 26:3; Genesis 28:13; Genesis 50:24). App-92.

coast = border, or boundary.

the land of Israel. One of the three passages in Ezekiel where "eretz (land) is used, instead of "adamah (soil), See note on Ezekiel 27:17; and op note on Ezekiel 11:17

strife. Hebrew. Meribah. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 20:1-13). Kadesh. Now "Ain Kades.

river = torrent.

strangers = foreign sojourners.

children = sons.

saith the Lord GOD = [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle.