エゼキエル書 9:1-2 JCB

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ezekiel 9:1-11

2. The Judgment on the Guilty (Ch. 9)1And He cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Near are the visitations of the city, and every one [has] his weapon of destruction in his hand. 2And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which looketh toward the north, and every one his weapon for breaking in pieces in his hand; and a man in their midst, clothed in linen, and an inkhorn on his loins: and they came and stood beside the brazen altar. 3And the glory of the God of Israel... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 9:1-11

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 near, armed with weapons of destruction. In response, six men came from the way of the upper gate, and a seventh, clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side. The glory of the God of Israel had departed from the center of the Temple to the threshold of the house. These men were now charged... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 9:1

‘Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, “Cause those who have charge over the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.” ’ Ezekiel heard a loud voice, the voice of Yahweh, and it spoke to heavenly visitants. Perhaps it was seen as addressed to Michael, the archangel, heavenly prince over God’s people (Daniel 12:1). Alternately it may be a direct command to the leader of the visitants. The command goes out that those appointed to have charge over the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 9:2

‘And behold six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lies towards the north, every one with his weapon for destruction in his hand, and one man in the midst of them, clothed in linen, with a writer’s kit hanging by his side (‘on his loins’). And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.’ Seven heavenly ‘men’ now entered the temple area, six equipped for destruction and one for mercy (compare Revelation 8:2; Revelation 8:6). In all Near Eastern nations seven was the number of... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 9:1-11

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 armed with deadly weapons, the seventh arrayed in priestly linen and with an inkhorn hanging at his side, ready to put the sign of the cross (the “ mark” in Ezekiel 9:4 is the letter taw, which in the old alphabet was a cross) upon the brows of the few who were to be spared in the coming... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 9:1

He cried; the man whom he had seen upon the throne, Christ, who is Lord and Sovereign. Or, the glory of God, or the God of glory, or an angel by order from God. In mine ears; either a Hebraism, he cried so that I distinctly heard; or rather to intimate that Ezekiel only heard what was spoken; the elders who were now with him hearing nothing of what was spoken. Cause them to draw near; Approach, ye visitations, i.e. ye sore, wasting, unparalleled judgments; so the concrete in the superlative... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 9:2

So soon as command was given out, these ministers of God’s just displeasure appear ready to execute. Six; that was the precise number, neither more nor fewer. Men. In appearance and vision they were men, and the prophet calls them as he saw them; whether angels in the shape of men, or whether really men, needs not much inquiry; they came without delay. From the way of the higher gate; either because, being more inward, it is higher than the outward, as in all buildings upon ascents, where you... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ezekiel 9:1-7

(2.) THE JUDGMENT UPON THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM (Chap. 9)1. The guards of the city and their work (Ezekiel 9:1-7)EXEGETICAL NOTES.—This chapter is closely connected with the preceding, and carries expressly the threatening of Ezekiel 8:18 into immediate action. Ministers of the Lord, waiting on Him, are summoned to execute His purposes.Ezekiel 9:1. The prophet is made a hearer of the summons. “And He called in mine ears with a loud voice;” the mode of speaking is a copy of that in Ezekiel... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 9:1-11

Chapter 9He 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 crying. He's not ordering Ezekiel. Ezekiel is hearing God cry to these others, "Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand." He is calling now these angels of God who are to bring the judgment against the people.And,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 9:1-11

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 executioners of the divine commission. One man among them was clothed with linen, like a priest of God. The Chaldaic reads, clothed with a vesture, or full robe. Revelation 1:13. A robe that reached down to his feet, a symbol of the Holy Spirit, who seals the saints of God. Ezekiel 9:3 . The... read more