Ezekiel 9 - Introduction
_A VISION, WHEREBY IS SHEWED THE PRESERVATION OF SOME, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE REST. GOD WILL NOT BE ENTREATED FOR THEM._ _Before Christ 594._... [ Continue Reading ]
_A VISION, WHEREBY IS SHEWED THE PRESERVATION OF SOME, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE REST. GOD WILL NOT BE ENTREATED FOR THEM._ _Before Christ 594._... [ Continue Reading ]
CAUSE THEM THAT HAVE CHARGE, &C.— _Those who are the avengers of the city:_ the Chaldeans, whom God had appointed to besiege and destroy this city. Some understand it of _the angels,_ who have the charge of executing God's judgments; and if so, instead of _man_ and _men,_ we should read _person_ and... [ Continue Reading ]
INKHORN— That the easterns wore it suspended from the girdle, see Shaw's Travels, p. 293 fol. 227. 40. See commentary on Ezekiel 9:1... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE GLORY, &C.— Meaning the glory which Ezekiel saw in the preceding chapter; that is to say, not only the chariot of glory, with the wheels and the cherubim, but also the Man sitting in the chariot; for it is the Man who speaks in this and the following verses, and who in the fourth verse is ca... [ Continue Reading ]
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 is to remember, that all this passed in vision, and only means that God made a distinction, and sep... [ Continue Reading ]
DEFILE THE HOUSE— God hereby declares that he will no longer own the temple for the place of his residence, as having been polluted with idolatry; and therefore he delivers up both the inner and outer court to be polluted with blood. See chap. Ezekiel 10:3; Ezekiel 10:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
FULL OF PERVERSENESS; FOR THEY SAY— Full of oppression; because they say. REFLECTIONS.—1st, We have heard the provocations of this people, and we here see that their judgment lingereth not. 1. A charge is given to the destroyers to approach; and instantly six warriors appear armed. Their business i... [ Continue Reading ]