Analytic Septuagint with accents, Strong numbers and morphology (v. יהוה)

1ΚαὶG2532{CONJ} εἰσήγαγένG1521{V-AAI-3S} μεG1473{P-AS} ἐπὶG1909{PREP} τὰG3588{T-APN} πρόθυρα{N-APN} τοῦG3588{T-GSM} οἴκουG3624{N-GSM}, καὶG2532{CONJ} ἰδοὺG2400{INJ} ὕδωρG5204{N-NSN} ἐξεπορεύετοG1607{V-IMI-3S} ὑποκάτωθεν{ADV} τοῦG3588{T-GSN} αἰθρίου{A-GSN} κατ᾽G2596{PREP} ἀνατολάςG395{N-APF}, ὅτιG3754{CONJ} τὸG3588{T-ASN} πρόσωπονG4383{N-ASN} τοῦG3588{T-GSM} οἴκουG3624{N-GSM} ἔβλεπενG991{V-IAI-3S} κατ᾽G2596{PREP} ἀνατολάςG395{N-APF}, καὶG2532{CONJ} τὸG3588{T-NSN} ὕδωρG5204{N-NSN} κατέβαινενG2597{V-IAI-3S} ἀπὸG575{PREP} τοῦG3588{T-GSN} κλίτους{N-GSN} τοῦG3588{T-GSM} δεξιοῦG1188{A-GSM} ἀπὸG575{PREP} νότουG3558{N-GSM} ἐπὶG1909{PREP} τὸG3588{T-ASN} θυσιαστήριονG2379{N-ASN}. 2καὶG2532{CONJ} ἐξήγαγένG1806{V-AAI-3S} μεG1473{P-AS} κατὰG2596{PREP} τὴνG3588{T-ASF} ὁδὸνG3598{N-ASF} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} πύληςG4439{N-GSF} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} πρὸςG4314{PREP} βορρᾶνG1005{N-ASM} καὶG2532{CONJ} περιήγαγένG4013{V-AAI-3S} μεG1473{P-AS} τὴνG3588{T-ASF} ὁδὸνG3598{N-ASF} ἔξωθενG1855{ADV} πρὸςG4314{PREP} τὴνG3588{T-ASF} πύληνG4439{N-ASF} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} αὐλῆςG833{N-GSF} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} βλεπούσηςG991{V-PAPGS} κατ᾽G2596{PREP} ἀνατολάςG395{N-APF}, καὶG2532{CONJ} ἰδοὺG2400{INJ} τὸG3588{T-NSN} ὕδωρG5204{N-NSN} κατεφέρετοG2702{V-IMI-3S} ἀπὸG575{PREP} τοῦG3588{T-GSN} κλίτους{N-GSN} τοῦG3588{T-GSN} δεξιοῦG1188{A-GSN}. 3καθὼςG2531{ADV} ἔξοδοςG1841{N-NSF} ἀνδρὸςG435{N-GSM} ἐξG1537{PREP} ἐναντίαςG1727{A-GSF}, καὶG2532{CONJ} μέτρονG3358{N-ASN} ἐνG1722{PREP} τῇG3588{T-DSF} χειρὶG5495{N-DSF} αὐτοῦG846{D-GSM}, καὶG2532{CONJ} διεμέτρησεν{V-AAI-3S} χιλίουςG5507{A-APM} ἐνG1722{PREP} τῷG3588{T-DSN} μέτρῳG3358{N-DSN}, καὶG2532{CONJ} διῆλθενG1330{V-AAI-3S} ἐνG1722{PREP} τῷG3588{T-DSN} ὕδατιG5204{N-DSN} ὕδωρG5204{N-NSN} ἀφέσεωςG859{N-GSF}· 4καὶG2532{CONJ} διεμέτρησεν{V-AAI-3S} χιλίουςG5507{A-APM}, καὶG2532{CONJ} διῆλθενG1330{V-AAI-3S} ἐνG1722{PREP} τῷG3588{T-DSN} ὕδατιG5204{N-DSN} ὕδωρG5204{N-NSN} ἕωςG2193{PREP} τῶνG3588{T-GPM} μηρῶνG3313{N-GPM}· καὶG2532{CONJ} διεμέτρησεν{V-AAI-3S} χιλίουςG5507{A-APM}, καὶG2532{CONJ} διῆλθενG1330{V-AAI-3S} ὕδωρG5204{N-NSN} ἕωςG2193{PREP} ὀσφύοςG3751{N-GSF}· 5καὶG2532{CONJ} διεμέτρησεν{V-AAI-3S} χιλίουςG5507{A-APM}, καὶG2532{CONJ} οὐκG3364{ADV} ἠδύνατοG1410{V-IMI-3S} διελθεῖνG1330{V-AAN}, ὅτιG3754{CONJ} ἐξύβριζεν{V-IAI-3S} τὸG3588{T-NSN} ὕδωρG5204{N-NSN} ὡςG3739{CONJ} ῥοῖζος{N-NSM} χειμάρρουG5493{N-GSM}, ὃνG3739{R-ASM} οὐG3364{ADV} διαβήσονταιG1224{V-FMI-3P}. 6καὶG2532{CONJ} εἶπενG3004{V-AAI-3S} πρόςG4314{PREP} μεG1473{P-AS} ΕἰG1487{CONJ} ἑώρακαςG3708{V-RAI-2S}, υἱὲG5207{N-VSM} ἀνθρώπουG444{N-GSM}; καὶG2532{CONJ} ἤγαγένG71{V-AAI-3S} μεG1473{P-AS} ἐπὶG1909{PREP} τὸG3588{T-ASN} χεῖλοςG5491{N-ASN} τοῦG3588{T-GSM} ποταμοῦG4215{N-GSM}. 7ἐνG1722{PREP} τῇG3588{T-DSF} ἐπιστροφῇG1995{N-DSF} μουG1473{P-GS} καὶG2532{CONJ} ἰδοὺG2400{INJ} ἐπὶG1909{PREP} τοῦG3588{T-GSN} χείλουςG5491{N-GSN} τοῦG3588{T-GSM} ποταμοῦG4215{N-GSM} δένδραG1186{N-NPN} πολλὰG4183{A-NPN} σφόδραG4970{ADV} ἔνθενG1759{ADV} καὶG2532{CONJ} ἔνθενG1759{ADV}. 8καὶG2532{CONJ} εἶπενG3004{V-AAI-3S} πρόςG4314{PREP} μεG1473{P-AS} ΤὸG3588{T-NSN} ὕδωρG5204{N-NSN} τοῦτοG3778{D-NSN} τὸG3588{T-NSN} ἐκπορευόμενονG1607{V-PMPNS} εἰςG1519{PREP} τὴνG3588{T-ASF} ΓαλιλαίανG1056{N-ASF} τὴνG3588{T-ASF} πρὸςG4314{PREP} ἀνατολὰςG395{N-APF} καὶG2532{CONJ} κατέβαινενG2597{V-IAI-3S} ἐπὶG1909{PREP} τὴνG3588{T-ASF} ἈραβίανG688{N-ASF} καὶG2532{CONJ} ἤρχετοG757{V-IMI-3S} ἕωςG2193{ADV} ἐπὶG1909{PREP} τὴνG3588{T-ASF} θάλασσανG2281{N-ASF} ἐπὶG1909{PREP} τὸG3588{T-ASN} ὕδωρG5204{N-ASN} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} διεκβολῆς{N-GSF}, καὶG2532{CONJ} ὑγιάσει{V-FAI-3S} τὰG3588{T-NPN} ὕδαταG5204{N-NPN}. 9καὶG2532{CONJ} ἔσταιG1510{V-FMI-3S} πᾶσαG3956{A-NSF} ψυχὴG5590{N-NSF} τῶνG3588{T-GPN} ζῴωνG2226{N-GPN} τῶνG3588{T-GPN} ἐκζεόντων{V-PAPGP} ἐπὶG1909{PREP} πάνταG3956{A-APN}, ἐφ᾽G1909{PREP} ἃG3739{R-APN} ἂνG302{PRT} ἐπέλθῃG1904{V-AAS-3S} ἐκεῖG1563{ADV} ὁG3588{T-NSM} ποταμόςG4215{N-NSM}, ζήσεταιG2198{V-FMI-3S}, καὶG2532{CONJ} ἔσταιG1510{V-FMI-3S} ἐκεῖG1563{ADV} ἰχθὺςG2486{N-NSM} πολὺςG4183{A-NSM} σφόδραG4970{ADV}, ὅτιG3754{CONJ} ἥκειG1854{V-PAI-3S} ἐκεῖG1563{ADV} τὸG3588{T-NSN} ὕδωρG5204{N-NSN} τοῦτοG3778{D-NSN}, καὶG2532{CONJ} ὑγιάσει{V-FAI-3S} καὶG2532{CONJ} ζήσεταιG2198{V-FMI-3S}· πᾶνG3956{A-NSN}, ἐφ᾽G1909{PREP} ὃG3739{R-ASN} ἂνG302{PRT} ἐπέλθῃG1904{V-AAS-3S} ὁG3588{T-NSM} ποταμὸςG4215{N-NSM} ἐκεῖG1563{ADV}, ζήσεταιG2198{V-FMI-3S}. 10καὶG2532{CONJ} στήσονταιG2476{V-FMI-3P} ἐκεῖG1563{ADV} ἁλεεῖςG231{N-NPM} ἀπὸG575{PREP} Αινγαδιν{N-PRI} ἕωςG2193{PREP} Αιναγαλιμ{N-PRI}· ψυγμὸς{N-NSM} σαγηνῶνG4522{N-GPF} ἔσταιG1510{V-FMI-3S}, καθ᾽G2596{PREP} αὑτὴνG1438{D-ASF} ἔσταιG1510{V-FMI-3S}, καὶG2532{CONJ} οἱG3588{T-NPM} ἰχθύεςG2486{N-NPM} αὐτῆςG846{D-GSF} ὡςG3739{CONJ} οἱG3588{T-NPM} ἰχθύεςG2486{N-NPM} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} θαλάσσηςG2281{N-GSF} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} μεγάληςG3173{A-GSF} πλῆθοςG4128{N-ASN} πολὺG4183{A-ASN} σφόδραG4970{ADV}. 11καὶG2532{CONJ} ἐνG1722{PREP} τῇG3588{T-DSF} διεκβολῇ{N-DSF} αὐτοῦG846{D-GSM} καὶG2532{CONJ} ἐνG1722{PREP} τῇG3588{T-DSF} ἐπιστροφῇG1995{N-DSF} αὐτοῦG846{D-GSM} καὶG2532{CONJ} ἐνG1722{PREP} τῇG3588{T-DSF} ὑπεράρσει{N-DSF} αὐτοῦG846{D-GSM} οὐG3364{ADV} μὴG3165{ADV} ὑγιάσωσιν{V-AAS-3P}· εἰςG1519{PREP} ἅλαςG251{N-APM} δέδονταιG1325{V-RMI-3P}. 12καὶG2532{CONJ} ἐπὶG1909{PREP} τοῦG3588{T-GSM} ποταμοῦG4215{N-GSM} ἀναβήσεταιG305{V-FMI-3S} ἐπὶG1909{PREP} τοῦG3588{T-GSN} χείλουςG5491{N-GSN} αὐτοῦG846{D-GSM} ἔνθενG1759{ADV} καὶG2532{CONJ} ἔνθενG1759{ADV} πᾶνG3956{A-NSN} ξύλονG3586{N-NSN} βρώσιμονG1034{A-NSN}, οὐG3364{ADV} μὴG3165{ADV} παλαιωθῇG3822{V-APS-3S} ἐπ᾽G1909{PREP} αὐτοῦG846{D-GSM}, οὐδὲG3761{CONJ} μὴG3165{ADV} ἐκλίπῃG1587{V-AAS-3S} ὁG3588{T-NSM} καρπὸςG2590{N-NSM} αὐτοῦG846{D-GSM}· τῆςG3588{T-GSF} καινότητοςG2538{N-GSF} αὐτοῦG846{D-GSM} πρωτοβολήσει{V-FAI-3S}, διότιG1360{CONJ} τὰG3588{T-NPN} ὕδαταG5204{N-NPN} αὐτῶνG846{D-GPM} ἐκG1537{PREP} τῶνG3588{T-GPN} ἁγίωνG40{A-GPN} ταῦταG3778{D-NPN} ἐκπορεύεταιG1607{V-PMI-3S}, καὶG2532{CONJ} ἔσταιG1510{V-FMI-3S} ὁG3588{T-NSM} καρπὸςG2590{N-NSM} αὐτῶνG846{D-GPM} εἰςG1519{PREP} βρῶσινG1035{N-ASF} καὶG2532{CONJ} ἀνάβασις{N-NSF} αὐτῶνG846{D-GPM} εἰςG1519{PREP} ὑγίειαν{N-ASF}. 13ΤάδεG3592{D-APN} λέγειG3004{V-PAI-3S} יהוהH3068{N-NSM} θεόςG2316{N-NSM} ΤαῦταG3778{D-APN} τὰG3588{T-APN} ὅριαG3725{N-APN} κατακληρονομήσετεG2624{V-FAI-2P} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} γῆςG1065{N-GSF}, ταῖςG3588{T-DPF} δώδεκαG1427{N-NUI} φυλαῖςG5443{N-DPF} τῶνG3588{T-GPM} υἱῶνG5207{N-GPM} ΙσραηλG2474{N-PRI} πρόσθεσιςG4286{N-NSF} σχοινίσματος{N-GSN}. 14καὶG2532{CONJ} κατακληρονομήσετεG2624{V-FAI-2P} αὐτὴνG846{D-ASF} ἕκαστοςG1538{A-NSM} καθὼςG2531{ADV} ὁG3588{T-NSM} ἀδελφὸςG80{N-NSM} αὐτοῦG846{D-GSM}, εἰςG1519{PREP} ἣνG3739{R-ASF} ἦραG142{V-AAI-1S} τὴνG3588{T-ASF} χεῖράG5495{N-ASF} μουG1473{P-GS} τοῦG3588{T-GSN} δοῦναιG1325{V-AAN} αὐτὴνG846{D-ASF} τοῖςG3588{T-DPM} πατράσινG3962{N-DPM} αὐτῶνG846{D-GPM}, καὶG2532{CONJ} πεσεῖταιG4098{V-FMI-3S} ἡG3588{T-NSF} γῆG1065{N-NSF} αὕτηG3778{D-NSF} ὑμῖνG4771{P-DP} ἐνG1722{PREP} κληρονομίᾳG2817{N-DSF}. 15καὶG2532{CONJ} ταῦταG3778{D-NPN} τὰG3588{T-NPN} ὅριαG3725{N-NPN} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} γῆςG1065{N-GSF} πρὸςG4314{PREP} βορρᾶνG1005{N-ASM}· ἀπὸG575{PREP} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} θαλάσσηςG2281{N-GSF} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} μεγάληςG3173{A-GSF} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} καταβαινούσηςG2597{V-PAPGS} καὶG2532{CONJ} περισχιζούσης{V-PAPGS} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} εἰσόδουG1529{N-GSF} Ημαθ{N-PRI} Σεδδαδα{N-PRI}, 16Βηρωθα{N-PRI}, Σεβραιμ{N-PRI}, Ηλιαμ{N-PRI}, ἀνὰG303{PREP} μέσονG3319{A-ASM} ὁρίωνG3725{N-GPN} ΔαμασκοῦG1154{N-GSF} καὶG2532{CONJ} ἀνὰG303{PREP} μέσονG3319{A-ASM} ὁρίωνG3725{N-GPN} Ημαθ{N-PRI}, αὐλὴG833{N-NSF} τοῦG3588{T-GSM} Σαυναν{N-PRI}, αἵG3739{R-NPF} εἰσινG1510{V-PAI-3P} ἐπάνωG1883{ADV} τῶνG3588{T-GPN} ὁρίωνG3725{N-GPN} Αυρανίτιδος{N-GSF}. 17ταῦταG3778{D-NPN} τὰG3588{T-NPN} ὅριαG3725{N-NPN} ἀπὸG575{PREP} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} θαλάσσηςG2281{N-GSF} ἀπὸG575{PREP} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} αὐλῆςG833{N-GSF} τοῦG3588{T-GSM} Αιναν{N-PRI}, ὅριαG3725{N-APN} ΔαμασκοῦG1154{N-GSF} καὶG2532{CONJ} τὰG3588{T-APN} πρὸςG4314{PREP} βορρᾶνG1005{N-ASM}. 18καὶG2532{CONJ} τὰG3588{T-APN} πρὸςG4314{PREP} ἀνατολὰςG395{N-APF} ἀνὰG303{PREP} μέσονG3319{A-ASM} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} Αυρανίτιδος{N-GSF} καὶG2532{CONJ} ἀνὰG303{PREP} μέσονG3319{A-ASM} ΔαμασκοῦG1154{N-GSF} καὶG2532{CONJ} ἀνὰG303{PREP} μέσονG3319{A-ASM} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} Γαλααδίτιδος{N-GSF} καὶG2532{CONJ} ἀνὰG303{PREP} μέσονG3319{A-ASM} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} γῆςG1065{N-GSF} τοῦG3588{T-GSM} ΙσραηλG2474{N-PRI}, ὁG3588{T-NSM} ΙορδάνηςG2446{N-NSM} διορίζει{V-PAI-3S} ἐπὶG1909{PREP} τὴνG3588{T-ASF} θάλασσανG2281{N-ASF} τὴνG3588{T-ASF} πρὸςG4314{PREP} ἀνατολὰςG395{N-APF} Φοινικῶνος{N-GSM}· ταῦταG3778{D-NPN} τὰG3588{T-NPN} πρὸςG4314{PREP} ἀνατολάςG395{N-APF}. 19καὶG2532{CONJ} τὰG3588{T-NPN} πρὸςG4314{PREP} νότονG3558{N-ASM} καὶG2532{CONJ} λίβαG3047{N-ASM} ἀπὸG575{PREP} Θαιμαν{N-PRI} καὶG2532{CONJ} Φοινικῶνος{N-GSM} ἕωςG2193{PREP} ὕδατοςG5204{N-GSN} ΜαριμωθG1473{N-PRI} Καδης{N-PRI} παρεκτεῖνον{V-IAI-3P} ἐπὶG1909{PREP} τὴνG3588{T-ASF} θάλασσανG2281{N-ASF} τὴνG3588{T-ASF} μεγάληνG3173{A-ASF}· τοῦτοG3778{D-NSN} τὸG3588{T-NSN} μέροςG3313{N-NSN} νότοςG3558{N-NSM} καὶG2532{CONJ} λίψG3047{N-NSM}. 20τοῦτοG3778{D-NSN} τὸG3588{T-NSN} μέροςG3313{N-NSN} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} θαλάσσηςG2281{N-GSF} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} μεγάληςG3173{A-GSF}· ὁρίζειG3724{V-PAI-3S} ἕωςG2193{PREP} κατέναντιG2713{ADV} τῆςG3588{T-GSF} εἰσόδουG1529{N-GSF} Ημαθ{N-PRI} ἕωςG2193{PREP} εἰσόδουG1529{N-GSF} αὐτοῦG846{D-GSM}· ταῦτάG3778{D-NPN} ἐστινG1510{V-PAI-3S} τὰG3588{T-NPN} πρὸςG4314{PREP} θάλασσανG2281{N-ASF} Ημαθ{N-PRI}. 21καὶG2532{CONJ} διαμερίσετεG1266{V-FAI-2P} τὴνG3588{T-ASF} γῆνG1065{N-ASF} ταύτηνG3778{D-ASF} αὐτοῖςG846{D-DPM}, ταῖςG3588{T-DPF} φυλαῖςG5443{N-DPF} τοῦG3588{T-GSM} ΙσραηλG2474{N-PRI}. 22βαλεῖτεG906{V-FAI-2P} αὐτὴνG846{D-ASF} ἐνG1722{PREP} κλήρῳG2819{N-DSM} ὑμῖνG4771{P-DP} καὶG2532{CONJ} τοῖςG3588{T-DPM} προσηλύτοιςG4339{N-DPM} τοῖςG3588{T-DPM} παροικοῦσινG3939{V-PAPDP} ἐνG1722{PREP} μέσῳG3319{A-DSM} ὑμῶνG4771{P-GP}, οἵτινεςG3748{RI-NPM} ἐγέννησανG1080{V-AAI-3P} υἱοὺςG5207{N-APM} ἐνG1722{PREP} μέσῳG3319{A-DSM} ὑμῶνG4771{P-GP}· καὶG2532{CONJ} ἔσονταιG1510{V-FMI-3P} ὑμῖνG4771{P-DP} ὡςG3739{CONJ} αὐτόχθονες{N-NPM} ἐνG1722{PREP} τοῖςG3588{T-DPM} υἱοῖςG5207{N-DPM} τοῦG3588{T-GSM} ΙσραηλG2474{N-PRI}, μεθ᾽G3326{PREP} ὑμῶνG4771{P-GP} φάγονταιG2068{V-FMI-3P} ἐνG1722{PREP} κληρονομίᾳG2817{N-DSF} ἐνG1722{PREP} μέσῳG3319{A-DSM} τῶνG3588{T-GPF} φυλῶνG5443{N-GPF} τοῦG3588{T-GSM} ΙσραηλG2474{N-PRI}· 23καὶG2532{CONJ} ἔσονταιG1510{V-FMI-3P} ἐνG1722{PREP} φυλῇG5443{N-DSF} προσηλύτωνG4339{N-GPM} ἐνG1722{PREP} τοῖςG3588{T-DPM} προσηλύτοιςG4339{N-DPM} τοῖςG3588{T-DPM} μετ᾽G3326{PREP} αὐτῶνG846{D-GPM}, ἐκεῖG1563{ADV} δώσετεG1325{V-FAI-2P} κληρονομίανG2817{N-ASF} αὐτοῖςG846{D-DPM}, λέγειG3004{V-PAI-3S} יהוהH3068{N-NSM} θεόςG2316{N-NSM}.


Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary
 1   This part of Ezekiel's vision must so necessarily have a mystical and spiritual meaning that thence we conclude the other parts of his vision have a mystical and spiritual meaning also; for it cannot be applied to the waters brought by pipes into the temple for the washing of the sacrifices, the keeping of the temple clean, and the carrying off of those waters, for that would be to turn this pleasant river into a sink or common sewer. That prophecy, Zech 14:8, may explain it, of living waters that shall go out from Jerusalem, half of them towards the former sea and half of them towards the hinder sea. And there is plainly a reference to this in St. John's vision of a pure river of water of life, Revel 22:1. That seems to represent the glory and joy which are grace perfected. This seems to represent the grace and joy which are glory begun. Most interpreters agree that these waters signify the gospel of Christ, which went forth from Jerusalem, and spread itself into the countries about, and the gifts and powers of the Holy Ghost which accompanied it, and by virtue of which it spread far and produced strange and blessed effects. Ezekiel had walked round the house again and again, and yet did not till now take notice of those waters; for God makes known his mind and will to his people, not all at once, but by degrees. Now observe,
I. The rise of these waters. He is not put to trace the streams to the fountain, but has the fountain-head first discovered to him (Ezek 47:1): Waters issued out from the threshold of the house eastward, and from under the right side of the house, that is, the south side of the alter. And again (Ezek 47:2), There ran out waters on the right side, signifying that from Zion should go forth the law and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem, Isa 2:3. There it was that the Spirit was poured out upon the apostles, and endued them with the gift of tongues, that they might carry these waters to all nations. In the temple first they were to stand and preach the words of this life, Acts 5:20. They must preach the gospel to all nations, but must begin at Jerusalem, Luke 24:47. But that is not all: Christ is the temple; he is the door; from him those living waters flow, out of his pierced side. It is the water that he gives us that is the well of water which springs up, John 4:14. And it is by believing in him that we receive from him rivers of living water; and this spoke he of the Spirit, John 7:38, John 7:39. The original of these waters was not above-ground, but they sprang up from under the threshold; for the fountain of a believer's life is a mystery; it is hid with Christ in God, Colos 3:3. Some observe that they came forth on the right side of the house to intimate that gospel-blessings are right-hand blessings. It is also an encouragement to those who attend at Wisdom's gates, at the posts of her doors, who are willing to lie at the threshold of God's house, as David was, that they lie at the fountainhead of comfort and grace; the very entrance into God's word gives light and life, Pss 119:130. David speaks it to the praise of Zion, All my springs are in thee, Pss 87:7. They came from the side of the altar, for it is in and by Jesus Christ, the great altar (who sanctifies our gifts to God), that God has blessed us with spiritual blessings in holy heavenly places. From God as the fountain, in him as the channel, flows the river which makes glad the city of our God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High, Pss 46:4. But observe how much the blessedness and joy of glorified saints in heaven exceed those of the best and happiest saints on earth; here the streams of our comfort arise from under the threshold; there they proceed from the throne the throne of God and of the Lamb, Revel 22:1.
II. The progress and increase of these waters: They went forth eastward (Ezek 47:3), towards the east country (Ezek 47:8), for so they were directed. The prophet and his guide followed the stream as it ran down from the holy mountains, and when they had followed it about a thousand cubits they went over across it, to try the depth of it, and it was to the ankles, Ezek 47:3. Then they walked along on the bank of the river on the other side, a thousand cubits more, and then, to try the depth of it, they waded through it the second time, and it was up to their knees, Ezek 47:4. They walked along by it a thousand cubits more, and then forded it the third time, and then it was up to their middle - the waters were to the loins. They then walked a thousand cubits further, and attempted to repass it the fourth time, but found it impracticable: The waters had risen, by the addition either of brooks that fell into it above ground or by springs under ground, so that they were waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over, Ezek 47:5. Note, 1. The waters of the sanctuary are running waters, as those of a river, not standing waters, as those of a pond. The gospel, when it was first preached, was still spreading further. Grace in the soul is still pressing forward; it is an active principle, plus ultra - onward still, till it comes to perfection. 2. They are increasing waters. This river, as it runs constantly, so the further it goes the fuller it grows. The gospel-church was very small in its beginnings, like a little purling brook; but by degrees it came to be to the ankles, to the knees: many were added to it daily, and the grain of mustard seed grew up to be a great tree. The gifts of the Spirit increase by being exercised, and grace, where it is true, is growing, like the light of the morning, which shines more and more to the perfect day. 3. It is good for us to follow these waters, and go along with them. Observe the progress of the gospel in the world; observe the process of the work of grace in the heart; attend the motions of the blessed Spirit, and walk after them, under a divine guidance, as Ezekiel here did. 4. It is good to be often searching into the things of God, and trying the depth of them, not only to look on the surface of those waters, but to go to the bottom of them as far as we can, to be often digging, often diving, into the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, as those who covet to be intimately acquainted with those things. 5. If we search into the things of God, we shall find some things very plain and easy to be understood, as the waters that were but to the ankles, others more difficult, and which require a deeper search, as the water to the knees or the loins, and some quite beyond our reach, which we cannot penetrate into, or account for, but, despairing to find the bottom, must, as St. Paul, sit down at the brink, and adore the depth, Roma 11:33. It has been often said that in the scripture, like these waters of the sanctuary, there are some places so shallow that a lamb may wade through them, and others so deep that an elephant may swim in them. And it is our wisdom, as the prophet here, to begin with that which is most easy, and get our hearts washed with those things before we proceed to that which is dark and hard to be understood; it is good to take our work before us.
III. The extent of this river: It issues towards the east country, but thence it either divide itself into several streams or fetches a compass, so that it goes down into the desert, and so goes into the sea, either into the dead sea, which lay south-east, or the sea of Tiberias, which lay north-east, or the great sea, which lay west, Ezek 47:8. This was accomplished when the gospel was preached with success throughout all the regions of Judea and Samaria (Acts 8:1), and afterwards the nations about, nay, and those that lay most emote, even in the isles of the sea, were enlightened and leavened by it. The sound of it went forth to the end of the world; and the enemies of it could no more prevail to stop the progress of it than that of a mighty river.
IV. The healing virtue of this river. The waters of the sanctuary, wherever they come and have a free course, will be found a wonderful restorative. Being brought forth into the sea, the sulphureous lake of Sodom, that standing monument of divine vengeance, even those waters shall be healed (Ezek 47:8), shall become sweet, and pleasant, and healthful. This intimates the wonderful and blessed change that the gospel would make, wheresoever it came in its power, a a great change, in respect both of character and condition, as the turning of the dead sea into a fountain of gardens. When children of wrath became children of love, and those that were dead in trespasses an sins were made alive, then this was fulfilled. The gospel was as that salt which Elisha cast into the spring of the waters of Jericho, with which he healed them, 2Kgs 2:20, 2Kgs 2:21. Christ, coming into the world to be its physician, sent his gospel as the great medicine, the panpharmacon; there is in it a remedy for every malady. Nay, wherever these rivers come, they make things to live (Ezek 47:9), both plants and animals; they are the water of life, Revel 22:1, Revel 22:17. Christ came, that we might have life and for that end he sends his gospel. Every thing shall live whither the river comes. The grace of God makes dead sinners alive and living saints lively; everything is made fruitful and flourishing by it. But its effect is according as it is received, and as the mind is prepared and disposed to receive it; for (Ezek 47:11) with respect to the marshes and miry places thereof, that are settled in the mire of their own sinfulness, and will not be healed, or settled in the moisture of their own righteousness, and think they need no healing, their doom is, They shall not be healed; the same gospel which to others is a savour of life unto life shall to them be a savour of death unto death; they shall be given to salt, to perpetual barrenness, Deut 29:23. Those that will not be watered with the grace of God, and made fruitful, shall be abandoned to their own hearts' lusts, and left for ever unfruitful. He that is filthy, let him be filthy still. Never fruit grow on thee more for ever. They shall be given to salt, that is, to be monuments of divine justice, as Lot's wife that was turned into a pillar of salt, to season others.
V. The great plenty of fish that should be in this river. Everything living moving thing shall be found here, shall live here (Ezek 47:9), shall come on and prosper, shall be the best of the kind, and shall increase greatly; so that there shall be a very great multitude of fish, according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceedingly many. There shall be as great plenty of the river fish, and as vast shoals of them, as there is of salt-water fish, Ezek 47:10. There shall be no great numbers of Christians in the church, and those multiplying like fishes in the rising generations and the dew of their youth. In the creation the waters brought forth the fish abundantly (Gen 1:20, Gen 1:21), and they still live in and by the waters that produced them; so believers are begotten by the word of truth (James 1:18), and born by it (1Pet 1:23), that river of God; by it they live, from it they have their maintenance and subsistence; in the waters of the sanctuary they are as in their element, out of them they are as fish upon dry ground; so David was when he thirsted and panted for God, for the living God. Where the fish are known to be in abundance, thither will the fishers flock, and there they will cast their nets; and therefore, to intimate the replenishing of these waters and their being made every way useful, it is here foretold that the fishers shall stand upon the banks of this river, from En-gedi, which lies on the border of the dead sea, to En-eglaim, another city, which joins to that sea, and all along shall spread their nets. The dead sea, which before was shunned as noisome and noxious, shall be frequented. Gospel-grace makes those persons and places which were unprofitable and good for nothing to become serviceable to God and man.
VI. The trees that were on the banks of this river - many trees on the one side and on the other (Ezek 47:7), which made the prospect very pleasant and agreeable to the eye; the shelter of these trees also would be a convenience to the fishery. But that is not all (Ezek 47:12); they are trees for meat, and the fruit of them shall not be consumed, for it shall produce fresh fruit every month. The leaf shall be for medicine, and it shall not fade, This part of the vision is copied out into St. John's vision very exactly (Revel 22:2), where, on either side of the river, is said to grow the tree of life, which yielded her fruit every month, and the leaves were for the healing of the nations. Christians are supposed to be these trees, ministers especially, trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord (Isa 61:3), set by the rivers of water, the waters of the sanctuary (Pss 1:3), grafted into Christ the tree of life, and by virtue of their union with him made trees of life too, rooted in him, Colos 2:7. There is a great variety of these trees, through the diversity of gifts with which they are endued by that one Spirit who works all in all. They grow on the bank of the river, or they keep close to holy ordinances, and through them derive from Christ sap and virtue. They are fruit-trees, designed, as the fig tree and the olive, with their fruits to honour God and man, Judg 9:9. The fruit thereof shall be for meat, for the lips of the righteous feed many. The fruits of their righteousness are one way or other beneficial. The very leaves of these trees are for medicine, for bruises and sores, margin. Good Christians with their good discourses, which are as their leaves, as well as with their charitable actions, which are as their fruits, do good to those about them; they strengthen the weak, and bind up the broken-hearted. Their cheerfulness does good like a medicine, not only to themselves, but to others also. They shall be enabled by the grace of God to persevere in their goodness and usefulness; their leaf shall not fade, or lose its medicinal virtue, having not only life in their root, but sap in all their branches; their profession shall not wither (Pss 1:3), neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed; that is, they shall not lose the principle of their fruitfulness, but shall still bring forth fruit in old age, to show that the Lord is upright (Pss 92:14, Pss 92:15), or the reward of their fruitfulness shall abide for ever; they bring forth fruit that shall abound to their account in the great day, fruit to life eternal; that is indeed fruit which shall not be consumed. They bring new fruit according to their months, some in one month and others in another: so that still there shall be one or other found to serve the glory of God for the purpose he designs. Or each one of them shall bring forth fruit monthly, which denotes an abundant disposition to fruit-bearing (they shall never be weary of well-doing), and a very happy climate, such that there shall be a perpetual spring and summer. And the reason of this extraordinary fruitfulness is because their waters issued out of the sanctuary; it is not to be ascribed to any thing in themselves, but to the continual supplies of divine grace, with which they are watered every moment (Isa 27:3); for, whoever planted them, it was that which gave the increase.

 13   We are now to pass from the affairs of the sanctuary to those of the state, from the city to the country. 1. The Land of Canaan is here secured to them for an inheritance (Ezek 47:14): I lifted up my hand to give it unto your fathers, that is, promised it upon oath to them and their posterity. Though the possession had been a great while discontinued, yet God had not forgotten his oath which he swore to their fathers. Though God's providences may for a time seem to contradict his promises, yet the promise will certainly take place at last, for God will be ever mindful of his covenant. I lifted up my hand to give it, and therefore it shall without fail fall to you for an inheritance. Thus the heavenly Canaan is sure to all the seed, because it is what God, who cannot lie, has promised. 2. It is here circumscribed, and the bounds and limits of it are fixed, which they must not pass over to encroach upon their neighbours and which their neighbours shall not break through to encroach upon them. We had such a draught of the borders of Canaan when Joshua was to put the people in possession of it, Num 34:1, etc. That begins with the salt sea in the south, goes round and ends there. This begins with Hamath about Damascus in the north, and so goes round and ends there, Ezek 47:20. Note, It is God that appoints the bounds of our habitation; and his Israel shall always have cause to say that the lines have fallen to them in pleasant places. The lake of Sodom is here called the east sea, for it, being healed by the waters of the sanctuary, it is no more to be called a salt sea, as it was in Numbers. 3. It is here ordered to be divided among the tribes of Israel, reckoning Joseph for two tribes, to make up the number of twelve, when Levi was taken out to attend the sanctuary, and had his lot adjoining to that (Ezek 47:13, Ezek 47:21): You shall inherit it, one as well as another, Ezek 47:14. The tribes shall have an equal share, one as much as another. As the tribes returned out of Babylon, this seems unequal, because some tribes were much more numerous than the other, and indeed the most were of Judah and Benjamin and very few of the other ten tribes; but as the twelve tribes stand, in type and vision, for the gospel-church, the Israel of God, it was very equal, because we find in another vision an equal number of each of the twelve tribes sealed for the living God, just 12,000 of each, Revel 7:5, etc. And to those sealed ones these allotments did belong. It intimates likewise that all the subjects of Christ's kingdom have obtained like precious faith. Male and female, Jew and Gentile, bond and free, are all alike welcome to Christ and made partakers of him. 4. The strangers who sojourn among them, who shall beget children and be built up into families, and so help to people their country, shall have inheritance among the tribes, as if they had been native Israelites (Ezek 47:22, Ezek 47:23), which was by no means allowed in Joshua's division of the land. This is an act for a general naturalization, which would teach the Jews who was their neighbour, not those only of their own nation and religion, but those, whoever they were, that they had an opportunity of showing kindness to, because from them they would be willing to receive kindness. It would likewise invite strangers to come and settle among them, and put themselves under the wings of the divine Majesty. But it certainly looks at gospel-times, when the partition-wall between Jew and Gentile was taken down, and both one in Christ, in whom there is no difference, Roma 10:12. This land was a type of the heavenly Canaan, that better country (Hebre 11:16), in which believing Gentiles shall have a blessed lot, as well as believing Jews, Isa 56:3.