Ezekiel 9:1

Then I heard Him call out in a loud voice, saying, “Draw near, O executioners of the city, each with a weapon of destruction in hand.”

2 And I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand. With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.

3 Then the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then I heard Him call out in a loud voice, saying, “Draw near, O executioners of the city, each with a weapon of destruction in hand.”
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.
WEB
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.”
ASV
Then he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause ye them that have charge over the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
DARBY
And he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Draw near, ye that have charge of the city, and every man [with] his destroying weapon in his hand.
BLB
And He called out in my ears [in] a great voice, saying: “Let come near those appointed to deal [with] the city, and each man [with] a weapon of destruction in his hand.”
ÅB
Og jeg hørte ham rope med høy røst og si: Kom hit med hjemsøkelsene over staden, hver med sitt ødeleggelsesredskap i sin hånd!
OTB
Så hørte jeg en høy røst som ropte ut i min nærhet: “Før frem dem som er utpekt til å utføre dom over byen, hver med et ødeleggelsesvåpen i hånden.”
B1930
Og jeg hørte ham rope med høi røst og si: Kom hit med hjemsøkelsene over staden, hver med sitt ødeleggelsesredskap i sin hånd!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 6:8

    Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”

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  • Ezekiel 43:6–7

    While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple,

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:15

    Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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  • Revelation 1:10–11

    On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

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  • Amos 3:7–8

    Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.

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  • Revelation 14:7

    And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”

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  • 2 Kings 10:24

    And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and warned them, “If anyone allows one of the men I am delivering into your hands to escape, he will forfeit his life for theirs.”

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  • Exodus 12:23

    When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.

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