Ezekiel 9

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 9 of 48

1 And He cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, Let the overseers of the city draw near, and each man with his destroying weapon in his hand.

2 And, behold, six men were coming from the way of the Upper Gate, which faces north. And each had his shattering weapon in his hand. And one man among them was clothed in linen, and an ink horn of a scribe at his loins. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.

3 And the glory of the God of Israel had gone on, from on the cherub where it was on it, to the threshold of the house. And He called to the man clothed in linen with the ink horn of a scribe at his loins.

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Chapter Summary

A vision, whereby is shown the preservation of some, and destruction of the rest.

Key Hebrew Words

תָּו mark H8420 · TWOT 2496a
תָּוָה mark (set a mark) H8427 · TWOT 2496
בַּד linen H906 · TWOT 199
אָנַח groan, sigh H584 · TWOT 127
מַשְׁחֵת destroying (weapon) H4892 · TWOT 2370b
עָוֺן iniquity H5771 · TWOT 1577a

People & Context

Ezekiel

The prophet who witnesses the vision, falls on his face, and cries out, pleading whether Jehovah will destroy the remnant

Timeline

The Slayers and the Marked Righteous

Six men with destroying weapons are summoned, alongside a man clothed in linen with an ink horn. The linen-clothed man marks the foreheads of those who mourn the city's abominations, while the others are commanded to slaughter the rest without pity,.

Ezekiel 9:1-11

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