Ezekiel 9:8 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 9:8

While 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?”

BSB

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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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Commentary

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Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

And 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.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיְהִי֙	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
כְּהַכּוֹתָ֔ם	ke.ha.ko.Tam	when were striking they	H5221 →
וְנֵֽאשֲׁאַ֖ר	ve.ne.sha.'Ar	and [was] remaining	H7604 →
אָ֑נִי	'A.ni	I	H589 →
וָאֶפְּלָ֨ה	va.'e.pe.Lah	and I fell !	H5307 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
פָּנַ֜י	pa.Nai	face my	H6440 →
וָאֶזְעַ֗ק	va.'ez.'Ak	and I cried out	H2199 →
וָֽאֹמַר֙	va.'o.Mar	and I said	H559 →
אֲהָהּ֙	'a.Hah	alas!	H162 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י	'a.do.Nai	O Lord	H136 →
יְהוִ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3069 →
הֲמַשְׁחִ֣ית	ha.mash.Chit	¿ about to destroy	H7843 →
אַתָּ֗ה	'a.Tah	[are] you	H859 →
אֵ֚ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
שְׁאֵרִ֣ית	she.'e.Rit	[the] remnant of	H7611 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
בְּשָׁפְכְּךָ֥	be.sha.fe.ke.Kha	when pouring out you	H8210 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
חֲמָתְךָ֖	cha.ma.te.Kha	rage your	H2534 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 14:5
Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.
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?”
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…
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?’”
Through
Ezekiel 11:13
Now 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…
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…
Through
1 Chronicles 21:16
When 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…
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.

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About Ezekiel