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Verse Ezekiel 9:9. _FOR THEY SAY, THE LORDS HATH FORSAKEN THE EARTH_]
את הארץ _eth haarets_, "this land." He has no more place in
Israel; he has quite abandoned it; he neither sees nor cares, and he...
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Ezekiel 9:1. The six men mentioned are angels, into whose hands the
city is given. Angels are used in judgments past and future. (See
Matthew 13:41; Matthew 16:27;...
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EZEKIEL 9. THE PITILESS SLAUGHTER OF THE SINNERS. The doom has been
abundantly justified; now it comes, and in bloody form. In obedience
to a ringing summons, seven angels come forth to execute it six...
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INIQUITY. Hebrew `avnh, App-44.
EXCEEDING GREAT. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ App-6. Hebrew. "great,
by degree, degree",
HATH FORSAKEN. See Ezekiel 8:12....
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Ezekiel 9:8. Intercession of the Prophet
_and I_was _left_ The executioners passed out of the inner court,
leaving only dead behind them, and the prophet was left alone (Isaiah
49:21. The anomalous fo...
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_full of perverseness_ As marg., _wresting of judgment_, or turning
the innocent out of the way (Amos 2:7). The Divine answer is
inexorable. Two evils are stated, and the deeper cause of them:
violenc...
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FULL OF PERVERSENESS; FOR THEY SAY— Full of oppression; because they
say.
REFLECTIONS.—1st, We have heard the provocations of this people, and
we here see that their judgment lingereth not.
1. A char...
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II. DESTRUCTION BY THE LORD 9:1-10:22
The visions which are recorded in Chapter s 9 and 10 follow logically
the terrible indictment of the previous chapter. A fourfold
development is evident in the vi...
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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 eart...
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9:9 perverseness; (a-30) Or 'wresting [of judgment].'...
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THE SLAUGHTER OF THE IDOLATERS IN JERUSALEM
The voice which has been speaking to Ezekiel now summons six
supernatural beings armed with weapons of slaughter. They are attended
by a seventh robed like...
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EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’
THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 9
THE MAN WITH A WRITER’S CASE – EZEKIEL 9:1-4
V1 Then I
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י עֲוֹ֨ן בֵּֽית
־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל...
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YOUR HOUSE IS LEFT UNTO YOU DESOLATE
Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 9:1; Ezekiel 10:1; Ezekiel 11:1
ONE of the most instructive phases of reli
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The next section of the message most remarkably reveals the fact of
the divine discrimination in judgment. The prophet was charged in the
vision to cause those who had charge over the city to draw nea...
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Then said he to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah [is]
exceeding great, and the land is full of (k) blood, and the city full
of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the e...
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_Perverseness, in "wresting of judgment." (Protestant marginal note)
What else can be expected, when the judges deny Providence? (Haydock)_...
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The Prophet's situation is strikingly marked. While they were slaying,
he was left alone. How must he have felt? What must have been his
views? He knew, that it was distinguishing grace and mercy alon...
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Here God so answers his Prophet, that he restrains too much fervor,
and at the same time asserts his own justice — for the Prophet might
be impelled this way and that — he might even doubt whether God...
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The glory of Jehovah visits the temple. He takes His place on the side
that looked towards the city, and, after having shewn the prophet the
heinous sins committed there, He gives command to execute t...
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THEN HE SAID UNTO ME,.... In order to satisfy the prophet, and make
him easy, and show the equity and justice of the divine proceedings:
THE INIQUITY OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH [IS] EXCEEDING G...
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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 ear...
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_Then said he, The iniquity of the house of Israel, &c., is exceeding
great_ Here we have God's denial of the prophet's request for a
mitigation of the judgment, and the justification of himself in th...
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Then said He unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah,
of the entire covenant people, IS EXCEEDING GREAT, AND THE LAND IS
FULL OF BLOOD, on account of the murders and similar crimes whic...
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THE LORD'S JUDGMENT UPON THE GUILTY.
The wickedness of the people described in chapter 8 is now followed by
its proper punishment at the hand of the Lord in full agreement with
the certain fulfillmen...
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5-11 The slaughter must begin at the sanctuary, that all may see and
know that the Lord hates sin most in those nearest to him. He who was
appointed to protect, reported the matter. Christ is faithfu...
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THEN SAID HE; God gives him a speedy answer. OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL;
of those who either joined themselves to the house of David when the
ten tribes fell off, or those that escaped when Shalmaneser ca...
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Ezekiel 9:9 said H559 (H8799) iniquity H5771 house H1004 Israel H3478
Judah H3063 exceedingly H3966 H3966 great...
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‘Then he said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and
Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the
city full of injustice (‘bending' of justice). For they say,
“Yahweh ha...
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CONTENTS: Visions of the slaying in Jerusalem.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Christ.
CONCLUSION: Those who live in sin and hate to be reformed, despising
God's Word, will perish in sin, and deserve not...
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Ezekiel 9:2. _Behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate._
These were the high and mighty angels of God, who as guardians had
charge of the city. The Chaldean army were but the secondary
exe...
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_The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great._
THE EVIL AND ITS REMEDY
(with 1 John 1:7):--We can learn nothing of the Gospel except by
feeling its truths,--no one truth of the G...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 9:1 A team of seven angels carries out the
execution of the unfaithful in Jerusalem at God’s command. Only one
of them is assigned the job of protecting the faithful. The
proph...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 9:9 God pointedly responds to the elders’
claim that he does not know what they are doing (THE LORD DOES NOT
SEE; compare...
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2. _The Prophet Interceding in Vain_ (Ezekiel 9:8)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 9:8. Ezekiel recovers from a passing
surprise while the slaughter in the city was proceeding, and then
realises his solita...
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 9:1
HE CRIED, etc. The voice comes, as before, from the human form, seen
as a theophany, in the midst of the Divine glory. CAUSE THEM THAT HAVE
CHARGE OVER THE CITY. The noun is an...
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CHAPTER 9.
THE VISION OF THE SEALING.
Ezekiel 9:1. _And he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Let
the overseers of the city come near,_ (The language in this opening
verse, as well as the...
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He cried also in my ear with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that
have the charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his
destroying weapon in his hand (Ezekiel 9:1).
So he heard Him now...
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2 Chronicles 36:14; 2 Kings 17:7; 2 Kings 21:16; 2 Kings 24:4;...