Ezekiel 9:2-3 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 9:3

And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub , whereupon he was ,.... That is, the glorious God of Israel; or the glorious Shechinah, and divine Majesty, which dwelt between the cherubim over the mercy seat in the most holy place, removed from thence, as a token of his being about to depart from the temple, which in a short time would be destroyed. The Targum is, "the glory of the God of Israel departed in the cherub on which he dwelt, in the house of the holy of... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 9:3

And he called to the man - The person here who called was that who sat on the chariot of the Divine glory. See Ezekiel 1:26 . 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 9:3

Verse 3 Now the Prophet shows why the angel was added to the Chaldeans, namely, to put a bridle on them, lest they should rage promiscuously and without selection against the elect and the reprobate. This is a remarkable passage, because from it we learn, first, that God effectually threatens the impious, so that he may have attendants always at hand to obey him; then, that even unbelievers make war under the direction of God, and are governed by his rod, and do nothing except at his will. Nor... 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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 9:3

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 9:3

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 9:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 9:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 9:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 9:2

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