Ezekiel 9:5
in Ezekiel 9And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone!
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye through the city after him, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity;
KJV
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:
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This verse in Ezekiel 9
Commentary
4 notes on this verseYou have given a sign, the blood itself of a lamb without blemish, slain for the sin of the world. And Ezekiel says that a sign was given on the foreheads of the persons.
This site's exposition
Go ye after him through the city, and smite
on Ezekiel 9:5-7
The other six are sent after the man in linen with the opposite charge, let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity, sweeping in old and young, maids, children and women alike, sparing only those who carry the mark. The command begin at my sanctuary turns the slaughter to the ancient men before the house first, the leaders responsible for the temple's own corruption in chapter 8 struck before the wider city, and the courts themselves are to be filled with the slain and thereby defiled. Fairbairn reads the order, sanctuary first, as judgment following the same path the abominations took, closest to the altar and therefore first to answer for it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And, to the others he said in mine hearing,.... To the other six men that had the slaughter weapons in their hands: go ye after him through the city; that is, after the man clothed with linen; for he was sent out first to take care of the righteous, and preserve them; and the rest were not suffered to stir till he was gone; and then they are bid to go after him.
They are warned not to do the least hurt to those that were marked for salvation: " Come not near any man upon whom is the mark; do not so much as threaten or frighten any of them; it is promised them that there shall no evil come nigh them, and therefore you must keep at a distance from them." The king of Babylon gave particular orders that Jeremiah should be protected.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ | uleeleh | and to these | H428 → | 746 times |
| אָמַ֣ר | ʾamar | he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| בְּאָזְנַ֔י | beazenai | in ears my | H241 → | 187 times |
| עִבְר֥וּ | ʾivru | pass | H5674 → | 556 times |
| בָעִ֛יר | vair | in the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| אַחֲרָ֖יו | ʾacharav | after him | H310 → | 715 times |
| וְהַכּ֑וּ | vehaku | and strike | H5221 → | 499 times |
| אַל | ʾal- | not | H408 → | 724 times |
| תָּחֹ֥ס | tachos | let it look with compassion | H2347 → | 24 times |
| עֵינְכֶ֖ם | eineikhem | eye your | H5869 → | 887 times |
| וְאַל־ | veal- | and may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| תַּחְמֹֽלוּ׃ | tachmolu | you show pity | H2550 → | 41 times |
וּלְאֵ֙לֶּה֙and to these
uleelehH428 →746 times
אָמַ֣רhe said
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
בְּאָזְנַ֔יin ears my
beazenaiH241 →187 times
עִבְר֥וּpass
ʾivruH5674 →556 times
בָעִ֛ירin the city
vairH5892 →1090 times
אַחֲרָ֖יוafter him
ʾacharavH310 →715 times
וְהַכּ֑וּand strike
vehakuH5221 →499 times
אַלnot
ʾal-H408 →724 times
תָּחֹ֥סlet it look with compassion
tachosH2347 →24 times
עֵינְכֶ֖םeye your
eineikhemH5869 →887 times
וְאַל־and may not
veal-H408 →724 times
תַּחְמֹֽלוּ׃you show pity
tachmoluH2550 →41 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 18:40Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.
it leads to
- Judges 4:7
And I will draw out Sisera the commander of Jabin’s army, his chariots, and his troops to the River Kishon, and I will deliver him into your hand.’”
- Deuteronomy 18:20
But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put…
- Deuteronomy 13:5
Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the…
- Judges 4:7
Through
Ezekiel 5:11Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 7:20
His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.
- Ezekiel 11:18
When they return to it, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations.
- Ezekiel 7:20
Through
Ezekiel 7:4I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 6:7
The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 5:11
Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon…
- Ezekiel 11:21
But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Ezekiel 6:7
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Basil of Caesarea, HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 20:3 (PS 59); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.