She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Study Helps
Interpretation
The church is represented as a vine and a vineyard. The root of this vine is Christ, the branches are believers.
Glossary
- Euphrates Place
- Biblical river. Modern identification: Euphrates River.
- Great Sea Place
- (Heb. yam), signifies (1) “the gathering together of the waters,” the ocean ( Gen. 1:10 ); (2) a river, as the Nile ( Isa. 19:5 ), the Euphrates ( Isa. 21:1 ; Jer. 51:36 ); (3) the Red Sea. Modern identification: Mediterranean Sea.