Again he measured one thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the knees. Again he measured one thousand, and caused me to pass through waters that were to the waist.
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Again he measured one thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the knees. Again he measured one thousand, and caused me to pass through waters that were to the waist.
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Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.
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Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through waters that were to the loins.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 47:4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought…
Eze 47:4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters [were] to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters [were] to the loins.
Ver. 4. Again he measured a thousand.] This is a number of perfection. The gospel is a perfect doctrine, and is "able to make the man of God perfect, thoroughly furnished (or perfected) unto all good works." {2Ti 3:17}
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The waters were to the knees.] Grace grows by degrees; and the Scriptures have their shallows wherein the lamb may wade, like as they have their profundities wherein the elephant himself may swim. Augustine {a} condemned the Holy Scriptures at first, as neither eloquent nor deep enough for the elevation of his wit. But afterwards, {b} when he was both a better and a wiser man, he saw his own shallowness, and admired the never enough adored depth of God’s holy oracles.
{a} Confess., lib. v. cap. 13.
{b} lbid., lib. vii. cap. 21.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And again he measured a thousand, and brought me…
And again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees,.... The man with his line measured another thousand cubits straight on from the first; and then bid the prophet cross and ford them again, and then they were knee deep:
again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins; a third time he measured a thousand cubits still onward, and ordered the prophet to wade through them, when they were risen so high as to reach his loins. The waters to the knees and loins may signify the greater knowledge of the Gospel, and the mysteries of it, the apostles had after the Spirit was poured forth; and the greater spread of it in the world, among Jews and Gentiles: or else may design those doctrines of the Gospel, and mysteries of grace, which are more sublime, and more difficult to understand; which require some pains to search into, and get the knowledge of; as concerning predestination, election, the covenant of grace, and the eternal transactions between the Father and the Son, &c. which are meat for strong men, who have their senses exercised to discern between good and evil.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 4. See Clarke on Eze 47:3.
Verse 4. See Clarke on Eze 47:3.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The knees - The mission of Paul and Barnabas…
The knees - The mission of Paul and Barnabas Act 13:1-4 is another marked epoch in the Church’s history; and the time of Paul’s martyrdom denotes an increase in the Gentile Church, which corresponds with the waters reaching the loins.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4, 5. Successive measurements shewed a depth to the…
4, 5. Successive measurements shewed a depth to the knees, the loins, and finally an impassable river. The word rendered “river” is the usual one for “brook” or wady, viz. a stream with its valley or gorge.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain At a second and a third distance of a…
At a second and a third distance of a thousand cubits the same process was repeated when the waters were found to be first waters to the knees, and secondly waters to (or, of) the loins. The unusual expression, rBi yme, as in the similar expressions before and after, may have been chosen, Keil suggests, in order to avoid resemblance to the phrase, in Isa_36:12 (Keri) not a likely explanation. Havernick describes it simply as an instance of bold emphasis. Schroder breaks it up into two clauses, thus: "waters, to the knees they reach." Smend changes into yme.
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