Ezekiel 47:10
in Ezekiel 47Fishermen 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it shall come to pass, that fishers shall stand by it: from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim shall be a place for the spreading of nets; their fish shall be after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
KJV
And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En–gedi even unto En–eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
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This verse in Ezekiel 47
Commentary
9 notes on this verseHe was baptized and came up who draws all things into his net. Out of the stream from which Simon caught fish came the fisher of men, and he took him. With the cross, which catches all robbers, he caught that robber up into life. …
This site's exposition
Fishermen will stand by the shore
on Ezekiel 47:10-11
Fishers will work the shore from En-gedi to En-eglaim, but “the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt”. Fairbairn reads the exception as keeping the vision honest, abundance given without pretending every square foot of ground is remade the same way.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verses 8-10) And he said to me: These waters that go out to the hills of the East (or Oriental), and go down to the plains of the desert (or this water that goes out into Galilee, which turns to the East, and goes down to Arabia), shall enter the sea, and shall go out, and the waters shall be healed. And every living creature (or animal) that crawls (or of crawling creatures), wherever the torrent (or river) shall come, shall live; and there shall be very many fish, after these waters come there; and they shall be healed, and all things to which the torrent (or river) shall come shall live. And the fishermen shall stand upon its banks from Engaddi even to Engallim; it shall be a place to spread their nets. The fish of it shall be of very many kinds, like the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. And the leading guide and teacher, the prophet, teaches and says: These waters that come out, either into the Galilee of the Gentiles, according to the Septuagint, or (as it is more accurately contained in Hebrew) into the hills of the eastern sand, and they descend to the plains of the desert, or to Arabia, they will enter the sea, or to the ends of the sea, and the waters will be healed. We previously said that waters either signify the grace of baptism or the Evangelical doctrine. If these waters leave the threshold of the Lord's temple and hold fast to the Apostolic discipline, they make the previously barren and infertile hills fruitful and turn everything flat and deserted into a well-watered land, so that they embody the sacrament of the Jordan River. This river, which Elisha cured with Evangelical and Apostolic salt, transformed barrenness and death into abundance and life. […]
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
And it shall come to pass,.... In Gospel times: what follows had a fulfilment in the first times of the Gospel, and will have a greater in the latter times of it: that the fishers shall stand upon it; upon the brink of the river, or the shore of the sea, whose waters will be healed by this river running into them.
An appointment of the borders of the land of Canaan, which was to be divided by lot to the tribes of Israel and the strangers that sojourned among them,
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.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The fishers shall stand upon it - On the above plan of interpretation these must mean - 1. The apostles of our Lord Jesus. 2. The preachers of the everlasting Gospel. See Mat 4:19. From En-gedi - At the southern extremity of the Dead Sea. Unto En-eglaim - At the northern extremity of the same. Their fish shall be according to their kinds - Every kind of fish, and the fish all excellent of their kinds.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
En-eglaim--En-gedi (meaning "fountain of the kid"), anciently, Hazazon-Tamar, now Ain-Jidy; west of the Dead Sea; David's place of refuge from Saul. En-eglaim means "fountain of two calves," on the confines of Moab, over against En-gedi, and near where Jordan enters the Dead Sea (Isa 15:8).
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
“En-gedi” (see 1Sa 23:29) was about the middle of the western shore of the Dead Sea. En-eglaim does not occur elsewhere. Its form indicates that it was one of the double cities of Moab (see Eze 25:9 note). It has been identified with “Ain-el-Feshkah” to the north on the western bank of the Dead Sea. On this supposition, “from En-eglaim to En-gedi” would be the line of coast from the most northern fountain to the principal fountain southward.
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָה֩ | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עָמְד֨וּ | yaamdu | they have stood | H5975 → | 521 times |
| עָלָ֜יו | ʾalav | at it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| דַּוָּגִ֗ים | davagim | fishermen | H1728 → | |
| מֵעֵ֥ין | meein | from En | H5872 → | |
| גֶּ֙דִי֙ | gedi | Gedi | H5872 → | |
| וְעַד־ | vead- | and to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| עֵ֣ין | ʾein | En- | H5882 → | |
| עֶגְלַ֔יִם | ʾeglayim | eglaim | H5882 → | |
| מִשְׁט֥וֹחַ | mishtoach | a spreading place | H4894 → | 3 times |
| לַֽחֲרָמִ֖ים | lacharamim | for nets | H2764 → | 38 times |
| יִהְי֑וּ | yihyu | they will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְמִינָה֙ | leminah | to kind its | H4327 → | |
| תִּהְיֶ֣ה | tihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| דְגָתָ֔ם | degatam | fish their | H1710 → | 15 times |
| כִּדְגַ֛ת | kidgat | like [the] fish of | H1710 → | 15 times |
| הַיָּ֥ם | haiyam | the sea | H3220 → | 396 times |
| הַגָּד֖וֹל | hagadol | <the> great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| רַבָּ֥ה | rabah | many | H7227 → | 454 times |
| מְאֹֽד׃ | meod | very | H3966 → | 300 times |
וְהָיָה֩and it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
עָמְד֨וּthey have stood
yaamduH5975 →521 times
עָלָ֜יוat it
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
דַּוָּגִ֗יםfishermen
davagimH1728 →
מֵעֵ֥יןfrom En
meeinH5872 →
גֶּ֙דִי֙Gedi
gediH5872 →
וְעַד־and to
vead-H5704 →1261 times
עֵ֣יןEn-
ʾeinH5882 →
עֶגְלַ֔יִםeglaim
ʾeglayimH5882 →
מִשְׁט֥וֹחַa spreading place
mishtoachH4894 →3 times
לַֽחֲרָמִ֖יםfor nets
lacharamimH2764 →38 times
יִהְי֑וּthey will be
yihyuH1961 →3559 times
לְמִינָה֙to kind its
leminahH4327 →
תִּהְיֶ֣הit will be
tihyehH1961 →3559 times
דְגָתָ֔םfish their
degatamH1710 →15 times
כִּדְגַ֛תlike [the] fish of
kidgatH1710 →15 times
הַיָּ֥םthe sea
haiyamH3220 →396 times
הַגָּד֖וֹל<the> great
hagadolH1419 →526 times
רַבָּ֥הmany
rabahH7227 →454 times
מְאֹֽד׃very
meodH3966 →300 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 4:19“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
it leads to
- Mark 1:17–18
“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
- John 12:26
If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
- Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
- Luke 9:59
Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
- John 1:43
The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”
- Mark 1:17–18
Through
Psalms 104:25Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.
it leads to
- Psalms 69:34
Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
- Psalms 95:4–5
In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him.
- Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature…
- Psalms 69:34
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ephrem the Syrian, HYMNS ON THE NATIVITY 3; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.