Ezekiel 9:8
in Ezekiel 9While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Jehovah! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy wrath upon Jerusalem?
KJV
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?
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This verse in Ezekiel 9
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd when the slaughter was complete, I remained: and I fell upon my face, and crying out I said: Alas, Lord God, wilt thou then destroy all the remnant of Israel, pouring out thy fury upon Jerusalem? For when all those who did not have the seal were slain, the prophet fell down on his face, thinking that no one except himself had remained among the dead. And because this seemed to be contrary to the commandment that the Lord had given, that the men with sealed foreheads should not be slain, it was therefore removed from the Vulgate edition.
This site's exposition
I fell upon my face, and cried
As the slaughter proceeds the prophet is left alone and falls on his face, crying out the one prayer of protest the book gives him, Ah Lord God! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel? The plea assumes the exile has already reduced the nation to a residue and asks whether judgment will now finish what captivity began. Henry reads Ezekiel's outcry here beside Abraham's intercession for Sodom, a servant of God pleading against total destruction even while standing inside a vision that shows him its necessity.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel, On thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem? - These destroyers had slain the seventy elders, the twenty-five adorers of the sun, and the women that mourned for Tammuz; and on seeing this slaughter the prophet fell on his face, and began to make intercession.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
I was left--literally, "there was left I." So universal seemed the slaughter that Ezekiel thought himself the only one left [CALVIN]. He was the only one left of the priests "in the sanctuary." fell upon my face--to intercede for his countrymen (so Nu 16:22). all the residue--a plea drawn from God's covenant promise to save the elect remnant.
The words behind it
23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְהִי֙ | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כְּהַכּוֹתָ֔ם | kehakotam | when were striking they | H5221 → | 499 times |
| וְנֵֽאשֲׁאַ֖ר | veneshaar | and [was] remaining | H7604 → | 133 times |
| אָ֑נִי | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| וָאֶפְּלָ֨ה | vaepelah | and I fell ! | H5307 → | 435 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פָּנַ֜י | panai | face my | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| וָאֶזְעַ֗ק | vaezak | and I cried out | H2199 → | 73 times |
| וָֽאֹמַר֙ | vaomar | and I said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲהָהּ֙ | ʾahah | alas! | H162 → | 15 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | ʾadonai | O Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| הֲמַשְׁחִ֣ית | hamashchit | ¿ about to destroy | H7843 → | 146 times |
| אַתָּ֗ה | ʾatah | [are] you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| אֵ֚ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| שְׁאֵרִ֣ית | sheerit | [the] remnant of | H7611 → | 66 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| בְּשָׁפְכְּךָ֥ | beshafekekha | when pouring out you | H8210 → | 114 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חֲמָתְךָ֖ | chamatekha | rage your | H2534 → | 125 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
וַֽיְהִי֙and it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
כְּהַכּוֹתָ֔םwhen were striking they
kehakotamH5221 →499 times
וְנֵֽאשֲׁאַ֖רand [was] remaining
veneshaarH7604 →133 times
אָ֑נִיI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
וָאֶפְּלָ֨הand I fell !
vaepelahH5307 →435 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פָּנַ֜יface my
panaiH6440 →2123 times
וָאֶזְעַ֗קand I cried out
vaezakH2199 →73 times
וָֽאֹמַר֙and I said
vaomarH559 →5305 times
אֲהָהּ֙alas!
ʾahahH162 →15 times
אֲדֹנָ֣יO Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
הֲמַשְׁחִ֣ית¿ about to destroy
hamashchitH7843 →146 times
אַתָּ֗ה[are] you
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
אֵ֚ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
שְׁאֵרִ֣ית[the] remnant of
sheeritH7611 →66 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
בְּשָׁפְכְּךָ֥when pouring out you
beshafekekhaH8210 →114 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
חֲמָתְךָ֖rage your
chamatekhaH2534 →125 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Jerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 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
Numbers 14:5Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.
it leads to
- Numbers 16:4
When Moses heard this, he fell facedown.
- Numbers 16:22
But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
- Numbers 16:4
Through
Ezekiel 4:14“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my…
it leads to
- Acts 10:14
“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
- Deuteronomy 14:3
You must not eat any detestable thing.
- Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
- Acts 10:14
Through
Ezekiel 11:13Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 11:1
Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them…
- Ezekiel 11:1
Through
1 Chronicles 21:16When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed…
it leads to
- Numbers 14:5
Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.
- 1 Kings 21:27
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.
- Numbers 14:5
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.