Ezekiel 47:10
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Fishermen 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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In this chapter we have, I. The vision of the holy waters, their rise, extent, depth, and healing virtue, the plenty of fish in them, and an account of the trees growing on the banks of them (Eze 47:1-12). II. 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 (Eze 47:13-23).
Open source ↗47:10 From En-gedi, a town on the west side of the Dead Sea, to En-eglaim, a town on the east side, the Dead Sea would be brought from death to life. This water, so full of salt and other minerals that it is devoid of life, would teem with enough fish to support a major fishing industry.
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“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.
Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.
Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).
This shall be the boundary of the land:
The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.
“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’
See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.
And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.