Ezekiel 9:1

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.

2 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.

3 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;

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

    Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

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  • Ezekiel 43:6–7

    And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me.

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:15

    And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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  • Revelation 1:10–11

    I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

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  • Amos 3:7–8

    Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

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  • Revelation 14:7

    Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

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  • 2 Kings 10:24

    And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.

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  • Exodus 12:23

    For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

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