Ezekiel 48:30

the goings: Ezekiel 48:16, Ezekiel 48:32-Habakkuk :, Revelation 21:16

four: It is certainly most obvious to interpret these measures, not of cubits, but of the measuring reed which the prophet's conductor had in his hand; according to which, the city would be about thirty-six miles in circumference, and nine miles on each side of the square; which was nearly nine times larger than the greatest extent to which Jerusalem ever attained - See note on Ezekiel 42:15, and see note on Ezekiel 42:16. The large dimensions of the city and land were perhaps intended to intimate the extensive and glorious propagation of the gospel in the times predicted; and the land was not called Canaan, nor the city Jerusalem, probably because they were figurative of spiritual blessings to the church and to Israel.

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 31:38 - that Ezekiel 40:2 - as the Ezekiel 45:6 - the city Ezekiel 48:15 - for the city Zechariah 2:2 - unto Zechariah 12:6 - Jerusalem shall