Ezekiel 9
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He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.

six

Jeremiah 1:15 For, see, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, …

Jeremiah 5:15-17 See, I will bring a nation on you from far, O house of Israel, said …

Jeremiah 8:16,17 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled …

Jeremiah 25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, said …

the higher

2 Kings 15:35 However, the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed …

2 Chronicles 27:3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall …

Jeremiah 26:10 When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from …

lieth [heb] is turned
slaughter weapon [heb] weapon of his breaking in pieces
and one

Ezekiel 10:2,6,7 And he spoke to the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between …

Leviticus 16:4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen …

Revelation 15:6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, …

ink-horn. Keseth, (in Chaldee, kista, Syriac, kesto, Ethiopic, kasut,) denotes a bottle or vessel to hold any fluid; and being here united to sophair, a writer, is not improperly rendered as an ink-horn: so one of the editions of Aquila, [], and Vulgate, atramentarium. Dr. Shaw informs us, that among the Moors, ' the Hojas, i. e. writers or secretaries, suspend their ink-horns in their girdles.'

by his side [heb] upon his loins
beside

Exodus 27:1-7 And you shall make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and …

Exodus 40:29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle …

2 Chronicles 4:1 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, …

And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;
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 in the midst thereof.
And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
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 before the house.

utterly [heb] to destruction
old

Numbers 31:15-17 And Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive…

Deuteronomy 2:34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the …

Deuteronomy 3:6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, …

Joshua 6:17-21 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, …

1 Samuel 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, …

2 Chronicles 36:17 Therefore he brought on them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their …

but

Exodus 12:23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he …

Joshua 2:18,19 Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet …

Joshua 6:22-25 But Joshua had said to the two men that had spied out the country, …

2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God stands sure, having this seal, …

Revelation 7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till …

Revelation 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of …

Revelation 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. …

and begin

Ezekiel 8:5-16 Then said he to me, Son of man, lift up your eyes now the way toward …

Jeremiah 25:29 For, see, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my …

Amos 3:2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore …

Luke 12:47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, …

1 Peter 4:17,18 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: …

at the

Ezekiel 8:11,16 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house …

Ezekiel 11:1 Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate …

And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
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 earth, and the LORD seeth not.

The iniquity

Ezekiel 7:23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city …

Ezekiel 22:2-12,25-31 Now, you son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? …

Deuteronomy 31:29 For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, …

Deuteronomy 32:5,15-22 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his …

2 Kings 17:7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the …

2 Chronicles 36:14-16 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed …

Isaiah 1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, …

Isaiah 59:2-8,12-15 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and …

Jeremiah 5:1-9 Run you to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, …

Jeremiah 7:8,9 Behold, you trust in lying words, that cannot profit…

Micah 3:9-12 Hear this, I pray you, you heads of the house of Jacob, and princes …

Zephaniah 3:1-4 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!…

and the land

Ezekiel 8:17 Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man?…

2 Kings 21:16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled …

2 Kings 24:4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem …

Jeremiah 2:34 Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: …

Jeremiah 22:17 But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and …

Lamentations 4:13,14 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, …

Matthew 23:35-37 That on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth…

Luke 11:50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation …

full of [heb] filled with
perverseness. or, wresting of judgment

Ezekiel 22:27-29 Her princes in the middle thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, …

Micah 3:1-3 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and you princes of …

Micah 7:3,4 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, …

the Lord hath

Ezekiel 8:12 Then said he to me, Son of man, have you seen what the ancients of …

Job 22:13 And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

Psalm 10:11 He has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he hides his face; he …

Psalm 94:7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

Isaiah 29:15 Woe to them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and …

And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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