Then said he to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah [is] exceeding great, and the land is full of (k) blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
(k) That is, with all kinds of wickedness. See Isaiah 1:15
Verse Ezekiel 9:9. _FOR THEY SAY, THE LORDS HATH FORSAKEN THE EARTH_] את הארץ _eth haarets_, "this land." He has no more place in Israel; he has quite abandoned it; he neither sees nor cares, and he...
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...
INIQUITY. Hebrew `avnh, App-44. EXCEEDING GREAT. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ App-6. Hebrew. "great, by degree, degree", HATH FORSAKEN. See Ezekiel 8:12....
_full of perverseness_ As marg., _wresting of judgment_, or turning the innocent out of the way (Amos 2:7). The Divine answer is inexorable. Two evils are stated, and the deeper cause of them: violenc...
Ezekiel 9:8. Intercession of the Prophet _and I_was _left_ The executioners passed out of the inner court, leaving only dead behind them, and the prophet was left alone (Isaiah 49:21. The anomalous fo...
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 char...
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...
Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the eart...
9:9 perverseness; (a-30) Or 'wresting [of judgment].'...
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...
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
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י עֲוֹ֨ן בֵּֽית ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל...
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...
_Perverseness, in "wresting of judgment." (Protestant marginal note) What else can be expected, when the judges deny Providence? (Haydock)_...
The Prophet's situation is strikingly marked. While they were slaying, he was left alone. How must he have felt? What must have been his views? He knew, that it was distinguishing grace and mercy alon...
Here God so answers his Prophet, that he restrains too much fervor, and at the same time asserts his own justice — for the Prophet might be impelled this way and that — he might even doubt whether God...
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...
THEN HE SAID UNTO ME,.... In order to satisfy the prophet, and make him easy, and show the equity and justice of the divine proceedings: THE INIQUITY OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH [IS] EXCEEDING G...
Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah [is] exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the ear...
_Then said he, The iniquity of the house of Israel, &c., is exceeding great_ Here we have God's denial of the prophet's request for a mitigation of the judgment, and the justification of himself in th...
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...
Then said He unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah, of the entire covenant people, IS EXCEEDING GREAT, AND THE LAND IS FULL OF BLOOD, on account of the murders and similar crimes whic...
FULL OF: _ Heb._ filled with PERVERSENESS: Or, wrestling of judgment...
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...
THEN SAID HE; God gives him a speedy answer. OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL; of those who either joined themselves to the house of David when the ten tribes fell off, or those that escaped when Shalmaneser ca...
Ezekiel 9:9 said H559 (H8799) iniquity H5771 house H1004 Israel H3478 Judah H3063 exceedingly H3966 H3966 great...
‘Then he said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice (‘bending' of justice). For they say, “Yahweh ha...
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...
_The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great._ THE EVIL AND ITS REMEDY (with 1 John 1:7):--We can learn nothing of the Gospel except by feeling its truths,--no one truth of the G...
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 9:9 God pointedly responds to the elders’ claim that he does not know what they are doing (THE LORD DOES NOT SEE; compare...
2. _The Prophet Interceding in Vain_ (Ezekiel 9:8) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 9:8. Ezekiel recovers from a passing surprise while the slaughter in the city was proceeding, and then realises his solita...
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 Chronicles 36:14; 2 Kings 17:7; 2 Kings 21:16; 2 Kings 24:4;...