Ezekiel 9:1

Ezekiel 9:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then I heard him call out in a loud voice, “Bring near those who are appointed to execute judgment on the city, each with a weapon in his hand.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, "Bring near the executioners of the city, each with his destroying weapon in his hand."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then He called out in my hearing with a loud voice, saying, “Let those who have charge over the city draw near, each with a deadly weapon in his hand.”

Context of Ezekiel 9:1

Then He cried out in my presence with a loud voice, saying, “Come forward, you executioners of the city, each with his weapon of destruction in his hand.” 2And behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each with his smashing weapon in his hand; and among them was one man clothed in linen with a scribe’s kit at his waist. And they came 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. And He called to the man clothed in linen at whose waist was the scribe’s kit.

Ezekiel 9:1 word by word

וַיִּקְרָ֣א בְאָזְנַ֗י ק֤וֹל גָּדוֹל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר קָרְב֖וּ פְּקֻדּ֣וֹת הָעִ֑יר וְאִ֛ישׁ כְּלִ֥י מַשְׁחֵת֖וֹ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• Then He criedקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• presenceאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · ear: to earsH241
• with a loudגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Comeקָרַבqârab · to present: comeH7126
• executionersפְּקֻדָּהpeqûddâh · punishmentH6486
• of the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• eachאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• his weaponכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• of destructionמַשְׁחֵתmashchêth · destructionH4892
• in his handיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for Ezekiel 9:1

• Ezekiel 43:6Then I heard Him speaking to me from the house, while a man was standing beside me.
• Isaiah 6:8Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
• Amos 3:7Certainly the Lord God does nothing Unless He reveals His secret plan To His servants the prophets.
• Revelation 1:10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet,
• Revelation 14:7and he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who made the heaven and the earth, and sea and springs of waters.”
• Exodus 12:23For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians; but when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you.
• 2 Kings 10:24Then they entered to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed for himself eighty men outside, and he had said, “The one who allows any of the men whom I bring into your hands to escape shall give up his life in exchange.”
• 1 Chronicles 21:15And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; but as he was about to destroy it, the Lord saw and was sorry about the catastrophe, and said to the destroying angel, “It is enough; now relax your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
• Isaiah 10:6I send it against a godless nation And commission it against the people of My fury To capture spoils and to seize plunder, And to trample them down like mud in the streets.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 9:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Cause them that have charge over the city - By those six men with destroying weapons the Chaldeans are represented, who had received commission to destroy the city; and when the north is mentioned in such cases, Chaldea and the Chaldean armies are generally intended. There appears to have been six men with a sort of slaughter-bills, and one man with an inkhorn. These may represent the seven counsellors of the eastern monarchs, who always saw the king's…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Them that have charge - The angels who have charge to execute God‘s sentence. Every man - “angels,” not “men.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1A vision denoting the destruction of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the departure of the symbol of the Divine presence. Verses 1-4 It is a great comfort to believers, that in the midst of destroyers and destructions, there is a Mediator, a great High Priest, who has an interest in heaven, and in whom saints on earth have an interest. The representation of the Divine glory from above the ark, removed to the threshold, denoted that the Lord was about to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2The prophet did not have to wait long for judgment to come. The Lord called his angelic warriors (heavenly messengers who carry out God’s commands) to punish the city. In response, seven men appeared. Six of the men carried deadly weapons. The seventh man was dressed in linen (the clothing often worn by priests). He carried a writer’s case, a small box used to hold writing tools. They stood ready in the temple courtyard. They were beside the bronze altar…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-111. cried--contrasted with their "cry" for mercy (Eze 8:18) is the "cry" here for vengeance, showing how vain was the former. them that have charge--literally, officers; so "officers" (Is 60:17), having the city in charge, not to guard, but to punish it. The angels who as "watchers" fulfil God's judgments (Da 4:13, 17, 23; 10:20, 21); the "princes" (Jr 39:3) of Nebuchadnezzar's army were under their guidance. draw near--in the Hebrew intensive, "to draw…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Hearing
• Living creatures
• Angel
• Charge; Chargeable
• Horn
• Ink-Horn
• Zedekiah (2)

Commentaries on Ezekiel 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings