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Verse Ezekiel 9:6. _BEGIN AT MY SANCTUARY._] Let those who have
sinned against most mercy, and most privileges, be the first victims
of justice. Those who know their Lord's will, and do it not, shall...
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BEGIN AT MY SANCTUARY - The first to be punished were those who had
brought idolatry nearest to the holy place. The “ancient men,” i.
e., the 25 men who had stood with their backs to the altar Ezekiel...
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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;...
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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...
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BEGIN AT MY SANCTUARY. Compare Isaiah 10:12.Jeremiah 25:29; Jeremiah
49:12.Malachi 3:5;...
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_begin at my sanctuary_ Judgment begins at the house of God. The Lord
had returned for a moment to the place of his abode in the temple, and
from there the judgment went forth; Amos 1:2, "The Lord sha...
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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...
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Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and
women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at
my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were befor...
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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...
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THE ANCIENT MEN] the sun-worshippers in Ezekiel 8:16. The thought of
this v. is taken up in 1 Peter 4:17....
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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
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זָקֵ֡ן בָּח֣וּר וּ בְתוּלָה֩ וְ טַ֨ף
וְ
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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
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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...
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_Sanctuary. Aquila, "temple," or people (Calmet) consecrated to my
service, (Septuagint; Tirinus) particularly (Calmet) the twenty-five
idolaters, the ancients and women, (Calmet) chap. viii. 16. ---...
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I beseech the Reader to remark with me, the order which the Lord hath
here observed, in his visitations. He first secures his people, before
he executes judgment on the ungodly. He first marks, and ga...
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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...
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SLAY UTTERLY OLD [AND] YOUNG, BOTH MAIDS, AND LITTLE CHILDREN,
AND WOMEN,.... All, of them objects of compassion, because of their
age and sex; and yet none to be spared; and which orders were exactl...
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Slay utterly old [and] young, both maids, and little children, and
women: but come not near any man upon whom [is] the mark; and begin at
my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which [were]...
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Eze. 9:5, 6. It is a great evidence that infants are guilty of sin
[Query: Rather involved in the guilt and penalty of the Fall? - G],
that when these destroying angels were sent on that errand to exe...
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_To the others he said, Go ye after him and smite_ That is, cut off
and destroy all that are either guilty of, or accessory to the
abominations of Jerusalem, and even all that do not sigh and cry for...
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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...
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slay utterly, to a complete destruction, with the purpose of working
an utter extermination, OLD AND YOUNG, BOTH MAIDS AND LITTLE CHILDREN,
the very infants, AND WOMEN, neither age nor sex being spare...
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UTTERLY:
_ Heb._ to destruction...
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5-11 The slaughter must begin at the sanctuary, that all may see and
know that the Lord hates sin most in those nearest to him. He who was
appointed to protect, reported the matter. Christ is faithfu...
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SLAY UTTERLY; my purpose is to exterminate and make desolate,
therefore slay all that are designed to destruction. _Old_; whose
venerable age, if innocent, might have awed you, whose wisdom might
pres...
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Ezekiel 9:6 Utterly H4889 slay H2026 (H8799) old H2205 men H970
maidens H1330 children H2945 women H802 near...
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‘Then they began at the old men (elders) who were before the house.'
These would be the five and twenty who represented the priesthood,
worshippers of the sun (Ezekiel 8:16). They were the most guilty...
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‘And to the others he said in my hearing, “Go through the city
after him, and smite. Do not let your eye spare, nor have pity. Slay
utterly (literally ‘slay to destruction') the old man, the young man...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 9:6 THEY BEGAN WITH THE ELDERS. Just as the
leaders had led the people astray, so now judgment begins with them.
HOUSE. The temple....
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Peter 4:17; 1 Peter 4:18; 1 Samuel 15:3; 2 Chronicles 36:17;...
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At my sanctuary — There are the great sinners, and the abominable
sins which have brought this on them....