Ezekiel 9:1

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
cried	וַיִּקְרָ֣א vai.yik.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
ears	בְאָזְנַ֗י ve.'a.ze.Nai	H241	broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in ma… · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix
loud	גָּדוֹל֙ ga.dOl	H1419	great (in any sense) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
voice	ק֤וֹל Kol	H6963	a voice or sound · noun, common masculine singular absolute
saying	לֵאמֹ֔ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
charge	פְּקֻדּ֣וֹת pe.ku.Dot	H6486	visitation (in many senses · noun, common feminine plural construct
city	הָעִ֑יר ha.'Ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
near	קָרְב֖וּ ka.re.Vu	H7126	to approach (causatively · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
man	וְאִ֛ישׁ ve.'Ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
destroying	מַשְׁחֵת֖וֹ mash.che.To	H4892	destruction · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
weapon	כְּלִ֥י ke.Li	H3627	something prepared · noun, common masculine singular construct
hand	בְּיָדֽוֹ be.ya.Do	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Isaiah 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
2 Kings 10:24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have…
1 Chronicles 21:15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to…
Ezekiel 43:6-7 And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me.
Amos 3:7-8 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
Revelation 1:10-11 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Revelation 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth…
Exodus 12:23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 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 (Eze 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 (Eze 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 (Eze 8:18), I will deal in fury; now, says he to the prophet, thou shalt see who are to be employed as the instruments of my wrath. Appropinquaverunt visitationes civitatis - The visitations (or visitors) of the city are at hand. They would not know the day o…

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Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 9:1

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. One of them was that minister who had the office of reporting concerning criminals, who carried the book of death and the book of life into the presence of the king, where the names were entere…

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John Gill on Ezekiel 9:1

He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice,.... That is, the glory of the Lord God of Israel, whom the prophet saw in the temple, and who directed him from place to place, and showed him all the abominations committed there: this loud voice of the Lord was not so much to excite the attention of the prophet, as to call together the ministers of his vengeance; and to show the greatness of his indignation, and the vehemence of his wrath, which was stirred up by the sins of the people: saying, cause them that have the charge over the city to draw near; or, "who were appointed over the city,'' as the Targum; that is, the city of Jerusalem; by whom are meant either the ministering angels, who…

The Church Fathers

(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). And rightly (as we have said above), a visit or revenge is said to be approaching with imminent captivity. And each person has a vessel of destruction in their hand. He did not say, he had, as the Septuagint translated. For he does not narrate the past, but demonstrates the present and the future. Therefore, whoever strikes evil people because they are evil and has vessels of destruction in order to kill the worst, is a servant of the Lord.
— Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel

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Ezekiel 9:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 9:1-4

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 9:1

John Gill on Ezekiel 9:1

The Church Fathers

Ezekiel 9:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 9:1-4

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 9:1

John Gill on Ezekiel 9:1

The Church Fathers

John Calvin on Ezekiel 9:1

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 9:1-3

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 9:1-2

Rashi on Ezekiel 9:1