Ezekiel · 23 verses
Ezekiel 47
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A trickle from beneath the temple becomes a river too deep to cross, freshens the Dead Sea, feeds fish and trees, and yet leaves the swamps salted—a very particular sort of abundance.
The river from the templevv. 1–12
The man brings the speaker back to the temple entrance, where water is issuing eastward from beneath the threshold, south of the altar. He measures east in four equal stretches: ankle-deep, knee-deep, waist-deep, and then swimming-deep, at which point the river has become impossible to cross on foot. Along its banks stand trees in great number, while the water runs into the Arabah and the Dead Sea becomes fresh. Fish swarm, fishermen work between Engedi and Eneglaim, and trees bear fruit every month, with leaves reserved for healing. The swamps and marshes, however, are left for salt; even this river has its exceptions.
The land divided by its edgesvv. 13–23
The vision turns from the river's life to the land's boundaries. The land is to be divided equally among the twelve tribes, with Joseph receiving two portions, and its edges are traced from the Great Sea through Hethlon, Lebo-hamath, Zedad, Berothah, Sibraim, Hazer-hatticon, Hauran, Damascus, Hazar-enan, the Jordan, Gilead, Tamar, Meribath-kadesh, and the Brook of Egypt, returning to the Great Sea. The inheritance is not restricted to the native-born: foreigners dwelling among the Israelites, and their children, are to receive an inheritance in the tribe where they dwell. The boundary work is wonderfully exact, but the final allotment has room for more sorts of people than the opening list might suggest.
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Ezek 47:1Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.
Ezek 47:2Next he brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and there I saw the water trickling out from the south side.
Ezek 47:3As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through ankle-deep water.
Ezek 47:4Then he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through knee-deep water. Again he measured a thousand cubits and led me through waist-deep water.
Ezek 47:5Once again he measured off a thousand cubits, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough for swimming—a river that could not be crossed on foot.
Ezek 47:6“Son of man, do you see this?” he asked. Then he led me back to the bank of the river.
Ezek 47:7When I arrived, I saw a great number of trees along both banks of the river.
Ezek 47:8And he said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah. When it empties into the Dead Sea, the water there becomes fresh.
Ezek 47:9Wherever the river flows, there will be swarms of living creatures and a great number of fish, because it flows there and makes the waters fresh; so wherever the river flows, everything will flourish.
Ezek 47:10Fishermen will stand by the shore; from En-gedi to En-eglaim they will spread their nets to catch fish of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.
Ezek 47:11But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.
Ezek 47:12Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing.”
Ezek 47:13This is what the Lord GOD says: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall receive two portions.
Ezek 47:14You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance.
Ezek 47:15This shall be the boundary of the land: On the north side it will extend from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon through Lebo-hamath to Zedad,
Ezek 47:16Berothah, and Sibraim (which is on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran.
Ezek 47:17So the border will run from the Sea to Hazar-enan, along the northern border of Damascus, with the territory of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary.
Ezek 47:18On the east side the border will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Eastern Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.
Ezek 47:19On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern boundary.
Ezek 47:20And on the west side, the Great Sea will be the boundary up to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This will be the western boundary.
Ezek 47:21You are to divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.
Ezek 47:22You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners who dwell among you and who have children. You are to treat them as native-born Israelites; along with you, they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
Ezek 47:23In whatever tribe a foreigner dwells, you are to assign his inheritance there,” declares the Lord GOD.
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- 12Revelation 22:2down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
- 12Psalms 1:3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
- 1Revelation 22:1Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
- 1Zechariah 14:8And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.
- 12Ezekiel 47:7When I arrived, I saw a great number of trees along both banks of the river.
- 12Jeremiah 17:8He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
- 12Genesis 2:9Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- 1Joel 3:18And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.
- 12Psalms 92:12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- 1Isaiah 55:1“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
- 12Job 8:16He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
- 12Isaiah 60:21Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
- 1Ezekiel 47:12Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing.”
- 9John 7:37–38On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- 12Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
- 12Isaiah 61:3to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
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