Ezekiel 9:1 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 9:1

Then I heard Him call out in a loud voice, saying, “Draw near, O executioners of the city, each with a weapon of destruction in hand.”

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ASV

Then he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause ye them that have charge over the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

(Chapter IX—Verse 1) And he cried out in my ears with a loud voice, saying: The visitations of the city have drawn near. In place of visitations, the Seventy translated 'vengeance.' For I will exact vengeance, and I will repay, says the Lord (Deuteronomy 32:35). And every vengeance is like that of a sick person, like one who has wounds, like someone waiting for healing hands, according to what is written elsewhere: I will visit their iniquities with a rod, and their sins with lashes, but I will not take away my mercy from them (Psalm 88:33-34).

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Them - Those whom God hath appointed to destroy the city: perhaps angels. Every man - Everyone; '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.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Cause them that have charge over the city - By those six men with destroying weapons the Chaldeans are represented, who had received commission to destroy the city; and when the north is mentioned in such cases, Chaldea and the Chaldean armies are generally intended. There appears to have been six men with a sort of slaughter-bills, and one man with an inkhorn. These may represent the seven counsellors of the eastern monarchs, who always saw the king’s face, and knew all the secrets of the government.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקְרָ֣א	vai.yik.Ra'	and he called out	H7121 →
בְאָזְנַ֗י	ve.'a.ze.Nai	in ears my	H241 →
ק֤וֹל	Kol	a voice	H6963 →
גָּדוֹל֙	ga.dOl	great	H1419 →
לֵאמֹ֔ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
קָרְב֖וּ	ka.re.Vu	they have drawn near	H7126 →
פְּקֻדּ֣וֹת	pe.ku.Dot	[the] punishments of	H6486 →
הָעִ֑יר	ha.'Ir	the city	H5892 →
וְאִ֛ישׁ	ve.'Ish	and everyone	H376 →
כְּלִ֥י	ke.Li	[the] weapon of	H3627 →
מַשְׁחֵת֖וֹ	mash.che.To	destruction his	H4892 →
בְּיָדֽוֹ׃	be.ya.Do	[is] in hand his	H3027 →

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Where the connections lead

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Isaiah 6:8
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”
leads to
- Exodus 4:10–13
  “Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
- Acts 26:16–17
  ‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I…
- Ephesians 3:8
  Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
- Acts 22:21
  Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
- Isaiah 65:1
  “I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I…
Through
Revelation 14:7
And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea…
leads to
- Exodus 20:11
  For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath…
- Revelation 15:4
  Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
- Nehemiah 9:6
  You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give…

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06About Ezekiel

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Ezekiel