Ezekiel 9
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The Slaughter of the Wicked
1He cried out also in my ears with a loud voice, saying, “Cause those who have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.” # Isa 6:8 2And behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate which lies toward the north, each with his battle weapon in his hand. And one man among them was clothed with linen # Lev 16:4; Eze 10:2 with a writer’s case by his side. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.
3Then the glory of the God of Israel ascended from the cherub on which it had been, to the threshold of the temple. # Eze 10:4; 11:22–23 And He called to the man clothed with linen who had the writer’s case by his side. 4And the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark # Ex 12:7 upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan for all the abominations that are done in its midst.” # Ps 119:53
5To the others He said in my hearing, “Go after him through the city and strike. Do not let your eye spare or have pity. # Eze 5:11 6Utterly slay old and young, both maidens and little children, and women. # 2Ch 36:17 But do not touch any man on whom is the mark. And begin at My sanctuary.” Then they began with the elders who were before the temple. # Jer 25:29
7Then he said to them, “Defile the temple, # Eze 7:20–22 and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth!” So they went out and killed in the city. # 2Ch 36:17 8While they were killing, I was left alone; and I fell on my face # Nu 14:5; Jos 7:6 and cried out, “Ah, Lord God! Will You destroy all the rest of Israel by Your pouring out of Your fury upon Jerusalem?” # Eze 11:13
9Then 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 is full of perverseness, for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’ # Job 22:13; Eze 8:12 10But as for Me, My eye shall not spare, nor will I have pity, # Eze 7:4 but I will recompense their way upon their heads.” # Isa 65:6
11And behold, the man clothed with linen who had the case by his side reported the matter, saying, “I have done just as You have commanded me.”
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