Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 47:1
XLVII.The first twelve verses of this chapter constitute what is generally known as “the vision of the living waters;” the latter part of the chapter, Ezekiel 47:13-23, more properly belongs with Ezekiel 48:0, and, with that, gives an account of the boundaries of the land, of its distribution among the tribes, and of the building of the holy city.The ideal character of this vision of the waters is so plain upon its face that little need be said on this point. The stream is represented as... read more
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 47:1-23
§ 2. The Ordinances of the New Israel (Ezekiel 40-48)This concluding section of the book is dated in the twenty-fifth year of Ezekiel's captivity, i.e. the fourteenth year after the fall of Jerusalem (572 b.c.). It is therefore thirteen years later than the previous section (Ezekiel 33-39), and, with the exception of Ezekiel 29:17-21, forms the latest part of the book. It is in the form of a vision, which is the counterpart of that in Ezekiel 8-11. There God forsook the old Temple which had... read more