The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Ezekiel 09
1 Then he cried in my ears with a loud
voice, saying, “Cause those who are in
charge of the city to draw near, each man
with his destroying weapon in his hand.
2 Behold, six men came from the way
of the upper gate, which lies toward
the north, every man with his slaughter
weapon in his hand. One man in the middle of
them was clothed in linen, with a
writer’s inkhorn by his side. They went in,
and stood beside the bronze altar.
3 The glory of the God of Israel went up
from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the
threshold ofthe house; and he called to the
man clothed in linen, who had the writer’s
inkhorn by his side.
4 Yahweh said to him, “Go through the
middle of the city, through the middle of
Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of
the men that sigh and that cry
over all the abominations that are done
within it.”
5 To the others he said in my hearing,
“Go through the city after him, and strike.
Don’t let your eye spare, neither have pity.
6 Kill utterly the old man,the young man,
the virgin, little children and women; but
don’t come near any man on whom is the
mark. Begin at my sanctuary.”
Then they began at the old men who
were before the house.
7 He said to them, “Defile the house, and
fill the courts with the slain. Go out!”
They went out, and struck in the city.
8 While they were killing, and I was left,
I fell on my face, and cried, and said, “Ah
Lord Yahweh! Will you destroy all the
residue of Israel in your pouring out of
your wrath on Jerusalem?”
9 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 perversion; for they say, ‘Yahweh
has forsaken the land, and Yahweh doesn’t see.’
10 As for me also, my eye won’t spare,
neither will I have pity, but I will bring
their way on their head.”
11 Behold, the man clothed in linen, who
had the inkhorn by his side, reported the
matter, saying, “I have done as you have
commanded me.”