Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Instead of the "vine of Sodom and grapes of Gomorrah" (Deuteronomy 32:32), nauseous and unwholesome, trees of life-giving and life-restoring virtue shall bloom similar in properties to, and exceeding in number, the tree of life in Eden (Revelation 2:7; Revelation 22:2, Revelation 22:14).
leaf . . . not fade—expressing not only the unfailing character of the heavenly medicine of the tree of life, but also that the graces of the believer (as a tree of righteousness), which are the leaves, and his deeds, which are the fruits that flow from those graces, are immortal (Psalms 1:3; Jeremiah 17:8; Matthew 10:42; I Corinthians 15:58).
new fruit—literally, "firstlings," or first fruit. They are still, each month afresh, as it were, yielding their first-fruit [FAIRBAIRN]. The first-born of a thing, in Hebrew idiom, means the chiefest. As Job 18:13, "the first-born of death," that is, the most fatal death.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 47:12:
Joel 3:18
John 7:38
Revelation 2:7
Revelation 22:1
Revelation 22:2
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