Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ezekiel 9:4
That sigh — Out of grief for other mens sins and sorrows. Cry — Who dare openly bewail the abominations of this wicked city, and so bear their testimony against it.
That sigh — Out of grief for other mens sins and sorrows. Cry — Who dare openly bewail the abominations of this wicked city, and so bear their testimony against it.
Verse Ezekiel 9:4. _SET A MARK UPON THE FOREHEADS OF THE MEN THAT SIGH_] This is in allusion to the ancient every-where-used custom of setting marks on servants and slaves, to distinguish them from o...
mercy precedes judgment. So in the case of Sodom Genesis 19, and in the last day Luke 21:18, Luke 21:28; Revelation 7:1. This accords wit
Ezekiel 9:1. The six men mentioned are angels, into whose hands the city is given. Angels are used in judgments past and future. (See Matthew 13:41; Matthew 16:27;...
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...
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. SET. MARK. Compare Revelation 7:3; Revelation 9:4; Revelation 13:16; Revelat
Command to seal those to be spared, and to slay without distinction all others 4. _set a mark_ The word is _Tav_, the last letter of the alphabet, the old form of which was a cross. The term is used h...
DISCOURSE: 1099 DUTY AND BENEFIT OF MOURNING FOR SIN Ezekiel 9:4. _And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of t...
SET A MARK— This expression alludes to the ancient custom of marking servants in the forehead, to distinguish what they were, and to whom they belonged. See Bishop Newton on Revelation 7:3. The reader...
II. DESTRUCTION BY THE LORD 9:1-10:22 The visions which are recorded in Chapter s 9 and 10 follow logically the terrible indictment of the previous chapter. A fourfold development is evident in the vi...
And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done...
9:4 mark (f-21) The word is _ Tau_ , the name of the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet....
THE SLAUGHTER OF THE IDOLATERS IN JERUSALEM The voice which has been speaking to Ezekiel now summons six supernatural beings armed with weapons of slaughter. They are attended by a seventh robed like...
A MARK] lit. 'a _Tav_,' the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Its early form was like a cross, thus . Revelation 7:3 is based on this passage....
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 9 THE MAN WITH A WRITER’S CASE – EZEKIEL 9:1-4 V1 Then I
SET A MARK UPON THE FOREHEADS. — The word for mark is literally a _Tau,_ the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet. This, in many of the ancient alphabets, and especially in that in use among the Hebrews...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ _אֵלָ֔יו_† עֲבֹר֙ בְּ תֹ֣וךְ...
YOUR HOUSE IS LEFT UNTO YOU DESOLATE Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 9:1; Ezekiel 10:1; Ezekiel 11:1 ONE of the most instructive phases of reli
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 nea...
And the LORD said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that (f) sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are do...
Mark Thau. Thau, or Tau, is the last letter in the Hebrew alphabet, and signifies a sign or a mark: which is the reason why some translators render this place set a mark, or mark a mark, without speci...
There is somewhat most solemnly affecting in what is here said of the glory of the God of Israel, being gone up. Probably, the expression is in allusion to the withdrawing of the Shechinah, that is, t...
_MARKED MEN!_ ‘And the Lord said unto him: Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominatio...
The glory of Jehovah visits the temple. He takes His place on the side that looked towards the city, and, after having shewn the prophet the heinous sins committed there, He gives command to execute t...
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM,.... This shows that a divine Person is meant by the glory of the God of Israel: GO THROUGH THE MIDST OF THE CITY; that is, as it is next explained, THROUGH THE MIDST OF J...
And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done...
_And the glory of God was gone to the threshold of the house _ Namely, that glorious symbol of the divine presence which had been wont to appear between the cherubim upon the mercy-seat, was departed...
and the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, the repetition of this expression indicating the thoroughness with which the work was to be done, every pa...
THE LORD'S JUDGMENT UPON THE GUILTY. The wickedness of the people described in chapter 8 is now followed by its proper punishment at the hand of the Lord in full agreement with the certain fulfillmen...
SET A MARK: _ Heb._ mark a mark...
1-4 It is a great comfort to believers, that in the midst of destroyers and destructions, there is a Mediator, a great High Priest, who has an interest in heaven, and in whom saints on earth have an...
THE LORD SAID, spake from the midst of that glory, EZEKIEL 9:3. UNTO HIM, the man clothed in linen, i.e. to Christ. GO THROUGH; pass through as men use to go who keep an even, steady pace. THE MIDST O...
Ezekiel 9:4 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) through H5674 (H8798) midst H8432 city H5892 midst H8432 Jerusalem...
‘And the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub, on which it was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer's kit hanging at his side...
SET A MARK (_ See Scofield) - (Jeremiah 15:21). _...
CONTENTS: Visions of the slaying in Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Christ. CONCLUSION: Those who live in sin and hate to be reformed, despising God's Word, will perish in sin, and deserve not...
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 exe...
_Set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh._ THE PROTECTED PEOPLE I. God has a people of His own in a world of sinners, who feel for His honour, and desire to sustain His authority. These ar...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 9:1 A team of seven angels carries out the execution of the unfaithful in Jerusalem at God’s command. Only one of them is assigned the job of protecting the faithful. The proph...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 9:3 The seventh angel, in the role of scribe, puts A MARK ON THE FOREHEADS (v. Ezekiel 9:4) of those who are faithful to the Lord. Preserving a rem
(2.) THE JUDGMENT UPON THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM (Chap. 9) 1. _The guards of the city and their work_ (Ezekiel 9:1) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—This chapter is closely connected with the preceding, and carri...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 9:1 HE CRIED, etc. The voice comes, as before, from the human form, seen as a theophany, in the midst of the Divine glory. CAUSE THEM THAT HAVE CHARGE OVER THE CITY. The noun is an...
CHAPTER 9. THE VISION OF THE SEALING. Ezekiel 9:1. _And he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Let the overseers of the city come near,_ (The language in this opening verse, as well as the...
He 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...
2 Corinthians 1:22; 2 Corinthians 12:21; 2 Kings 22:13; 2 Kings 22:19;...