Ezekiel 9
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Chapter 9
Chapter Overview:
Verses:
Instruments prepared to destroy the city, ver. 1 - 2.
The glory removes to the threshold of the temple, ver. 3.
Orders given to mark a remnant, ver. 3, 4.
The execution of them who were not marked begun, ver. 5 - 7.
The prophet intercedes, but in vain, ver. 8 - 10.
The report of him that had marked the remnant, ver. 11.
| 9:1 | He - The man whom he had seen upon the throne.Them - Those whom God hath appointed to destroy the city: perhaps angels.Every man - Every one; 'tis an Hebrew idiom. Each of these had a weapon proper for that kind of destruction which he was to effect; and so, some to slay with the sword, another with the pestilence, another with famine. In his hand - Denoting both expedition in, and strength for the work. |
| 9:2 | And - As soon as the command was given, the ministers of God's displeasure appear. Men - In appearance and vision they were men, and the prophet calls them as he saw them. The north - Insinuating whence their destruction should come. One man - Not a companion, but as one of authority over them. With linen - A garment proper to the priesthood.They - All the seven. |
| 9:3 | The glory - The glorious brightness, such as sometimes appeared above the cherubim in the most holy place. Gone up - Departing from the place he had so long dwelt in. He was - Wont to sit and appear.Threshold - Of the temple, in token of his sudden departure from the Jews, because of their sins. |
| 9:4 | That sigh - Out of grief for other mens sins and sorrows.Cry - Who dare openly bewail the abominations of this wicked city, and so bear their testimony against it. |
| 9:5 | The others - The six slaughter - men. |
| 9:6 | At my sanctuary - There are the great sinners, and the abominable sins which have brought this on them. |
| 9:7 | And slew - The slaughter also was in vision. |
| 9:8 | Was left - Left alone, now both the sealer, and the slayers were gone. |