Ezekiel 9:2 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 9:1-4

In these verses we have, I. The summons given to Jerusalem's destroyers to come forth and give their attendance. He that appeared to the prophet (Ezek. 8:2), that had brought him to Jerusalem and had shown the wickedness that was done there, he cried, Cause those that have charge over the city to draw near (Ezek. 9:1), or, as it might better be read, and nearer the original, Those that have charge over the city are drawing near. He had said (Ezek. 8:18), I will deal in fury; now, says he to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 9:2

And, behold, six men ,.... Either angels the form of men; or the generals of Nebuchadnezzar's army, as Kimchi interprets it; whose names are, Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, Jeremiah 39:3 ; these six executioners of God's vengeance are, in the Talmud F14 T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 55. 1. , called "wrath, anger, fury, destruction, breach, and consumption:' came from the way of the higher gate , Kimchi observes, from the Rabbins, that this is... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 9:2

Stood beside the brazen altar - To signify that the people against whom they had their commission were, for their crimes, to be sacrificed to the demands of Divine justice. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 9:2

Verse 2 Now the Prophet writes that God’s command was not vain or empty, because the effect appears directly by vision. Therefore six men offered themselves. Why again he names six, rather than more or fewer, I have not found out. For some cite the thirty-ninth chapter of Jeremiah, where eight leaders are referred to who were in Nebuchadnezzar’s army, and had the chief authority; but first they vary in number, then they twist themselves in many ways. But I am not so anxiously curious, nor does... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 9:1-7

The hour of judgment. As among men there are magistrates' sessions as well as the great assizes, so also God has seasons for the local administration of justice, as well as the final judgment. In fact, God is always upon his judicial seat, always meting out justice to the various orders of his creatures. If he ceased to judge, he would cease to rule. I. MARK THE SUPREMACY OF GOD 'S JUDICIAL VOICE . The last chapter finished with the declaration, "Though they cry in mine... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 9:1-7

Divine discrimination in the execution of judgment. "He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near," etc. In the preceding chapter the various forms of idolatry which were practised in Jerusalem, and by which the Lord Jehovah was provoked, were set forth; and now Ezekiel beholds in vision the treatment which God was about to deal out to the people by reason of their provocations. We observe— I. THAT THE AGENTS OF ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 9:2

Behold, six men , etc. The man clothed with linen brings the number up to the sacred number seven, as in Zechariah 4:10 ; Revelation 1:16 , Revelation 1:20 ; Revelation 15:6 . He is over them rather than among them, and answers to the scribe who appears so frequently in Assyrian sculptures, as the secretary who counts the prisoners that have been taken in battle. They come from the north, the region from which the vision of Ezekiel 1:4 had come, in which, in the nearer vision of ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 9:2

A writer's inkhorn. Here was a singular contrast. When Jerusalem was about to be given over to slaughter, six armed men went forth for the work of destruction, their accoutrements and military bearing quite in harmony with the dread circumstances of the day; but accompanied by a most incongruous companion, a civilian, one of the city clerks, perhaps, with no better ammunition than an inkhorn. When, however, the work of this man of ink is apparent, his function is seen to be of supreme... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 9:2

Six men - angels of wrath - figurative of destruction. They come from the north, the quarter from which invading armies entered the holy land. These “six” angels, with the “one among them,” a superior over the six, make up the number “seven,” a number symbolic of God’s covenant with His people.The higher gate - The north gate of the court of the priests. The temple rose by platforms; as there was a north gate to the outer and also to the inner court, the latter was probably distinguished as the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 9:1-2

Ezekiel 9:1-2. He cried also in mine ears Namely, the man whom he had seen upon the throne; with a loud voice This denoted the terribleness of the judgments which were going to be inflicted. Cause them that have charge, &c. That is, says Lowth, “the angels who had the charge of executing God’s judgments upon the city.” Or it may be intended of the Chaldean army, or of its principal leaders, who had a charge or commission against Jerusalem, to avenge the divine justice of it, because... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 9:1-4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 9:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 9:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 9:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 9:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 9:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 9:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 9:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 9:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 9:1-2

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