Ezequiel 47

¹ Afterward he brought me again to the door of the house; and, behold,By which are meant the spiritual graces that would be given to the Church under the kingdom of Christ.waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the front of the house [stood toward] the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south [side] of the altar.

² Then brought he me out toward the North gate, and led me about by the way without vnto the vtter gate, by the way that turneth Eastward: & behold, there came forth waters on ye right side

³ And when the man that had the line in his hand, went foorth Eastward, he measured a thousand cubites, and he brought me through the waters: the waters were to the ancles.

⁴ Againe he measured a thousande, and brought me through the waters: the waters were to the knees: againe he measured a thousand, & brought me through: ye waters were to ye loynes.

⁵ Afterward he measured a thousand; [and it was] a river that I could not pass over: for the waters had risen, waters to swim in, aSignifying that the graces of God would never decrease, but ever abound in his Church.river that could not be passed over.

⁶ And he said vnto me, Sonne of man, hast thou seene this? Then he brought me, and caused me to returne to the brinke of the riuer.

⁷ Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river [were] very manyMeaning, the multitude of them that would be refreshed by the spiritual waters.trees on the one side and on the other.

⁸ Then said he to me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into theShowing that the abundance of these graces would be so great, that all the world would be full of it, which is here meant by the Persian sea, or Genezareth, and the sea called Mediterranean, (Zec_14:8).sea: [which being] brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.

⁹ 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 there: for they shall beThe waters which by nature are salt and unwholesome will be made sweet and comfortable.healed; and every thing shall live where the river cometh.

¹⁰ And it shall come to pass, [that] theSignifying that when God bestows his mercies in such abundance the ministers will by their preaching win many.fishermen shall stand upon it from Engedi even toWhich were cities at the corners of the salt or dead sea.Eneglaim; they shall be a [place] to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish ofThey will be here of all sorts and in as great abundance as in the great ocean where they are bred.the great sea, very many.

¹¹ ButThat is, the wicked and reprobate.its miry places and its marshes shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.

¹² And by this riuer vpon the brinke thereof, on this side, and on that side shall grow all fruitful trees, whose leafe shall not fade, neither shall ye fruit thereof faile: it shal bring forth new fruit according to his moneths, because their waters run out of ye Sanctuarie: and the fruite thereof shalbe meat, and the leafe thereof shalbe for medicine.

¹³ Thus saith the Lorde God, This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherite the lande according to the twelue tribes of Israel: Ioseph shall haue two portions.

¹⁴ And ye shal inherite it, one as wel as another: concerning the which I lift vp mine hand to giue it vnto your fathers, and this lande shall fall vnto you for inheritance.

¹⁵ And this [shall be] the borderBy the land of promise he signifies the spiritual land of which this was a figure.of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;

¹⁶ Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is betweene the border of Damascus, and the border of Hamath, & Hazar, Hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.

¹⁷ And the border from the sea shalbe Hazar, Enan, & the border of Damascus, and the residue of the North, Northwarde, and the border of Hamath: so shalbe the North part.

¹⁸ But the East side shall ye measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the lande of Israel by Iorden, and from the border vnto the East sea: and so shalbe the East part.

¹⁹ And the Southside shalbe towarde Teman from Tamar to the waters of Meriboth in Kadesh, and the riuer to the maine sea: so shalbe the South part towarde Teman.

²⁰ The West parte also shalbe the great sea from the border, till a man come ouer against Hamath: this shalbe the West part.

²¹ So shall ye deuide this lande vnto you, according to the tribes of Israel.

²² And it shall come to pass, [that] ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be to you as born in the country among the children of Israel;Meaning that in this spiritual kingdom there would be no difference between Jew nor Gentile but that all would be partakers of this inheritance in their head Christ.they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

²³ And in what tribe the stranger dwelleth, there shall ye giue him his inheritance, saith the Lorde God.