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Ezekiel 47 — Sermon Preparation
A river flowing east from the temple threshold grows deeper as it goes, heals the Dead Sea, and brings life to all its shores. Below is a research summary for Ezekiel 47, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Ezekiel 47 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מַיִם | mayim | H4325 | 15 | water, juice |
| גְּבוּל | gᵉbûwl | H1366 | 10 | cord, twisted |
| יָם | yâm | H3220 | 10 | sea, large body of water |
| פֵּאָה | pêʼâh | H6285 | 8 | mouth, direction |
| נַחַל | nachal | H5158 | 8 | stream, torrent |
| קָדִים | qâdîym | H6921 | 6 | fore, East |
| מָדַד | mâdad | H4058 | 5 | stretch, measure |
How preachers through history handled this text
4 public-domain excerpts on Ezekiel 47, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“THE RIVER OF LIFE Waters issued out from under the threshold of the house . . .'--EZEKIEL xlvii. 1. Unlike most great cities, Jerusalem was not situated on a great river. True, the inconsiderable waters of Siloam--which flow softly' because they were so inconsiderable--rose from a crevice in the Temple rock, and beneath that rock stretched the valley of the Kedron, dry and bleached in the summer, and a rainy torrent during the rainy seasons; but that was all. …”
— Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture: Ezekiel, Daniel and the Minor, on Ezekiel 47:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Eneglaim— Ezek 47:10
- Engedi— Ezek 47:10
- Great Sea— Ezek 47:10
- Salt Sea— Ezek 47:10
- Hethlon— Ezek 47:15
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