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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 9
Ezekiel sees the identifying of the righteous and the slaughter of all
others, beginning at the Lord's sanctuary.
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1 HE cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
2 And, behold, six men came from the way of the
higher agate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a
slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was
bclothed with linen, with a cwriter's
dinkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside
the brasen ealtar.
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3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone
up from the acherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of
the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the
writer's inkhorn by his side;
4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the
midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the
aforeheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the
abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
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5 ¶ And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
6 Slay utterly old and young, both
maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon
whom is the marka; and
abegin at my sanctuary. Then they
began at the bancient men which were before the
house.
7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
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6a but come not near any man upon whom
is the mark This vision of Ezekiel of the destructions of
the Lord upon 'Jerusalem', brings to mind the the night of the passover and
who was spared then. The children of Israel who followed Moses' instructions
had their doors marked by the blood of the lamb. And as the angel of death
came it passed over such as was marked. So it seems that the destructions
of the Lord against the wicked were and can be even unto the last days and
those who hare marked by the Lord unto preservation will so be preserved by
thier righteousness we may presume.
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8 ¶ And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the
house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of
blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath
forsaken the earth, and the LORD aseeth not.
10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not
spare, neither will I have pity, but I will
arecompense their way upon their head.
11 And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.
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