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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Ezekiel 9 In this chapter is contained a vision, representing the destruction of the idolatrous Jews, and the preservation of the godly that were among them, in which different persons were employed; they that were concerned in the destruction of the idolaters are described by their office; they had charge over the city; by their form and appearance, men; by their number, six; by...
John Gill
And the Lord said unto him,.... This shows that a divine Person is meant by the glory of the God of Israel: go through the midst of the city; that is, as it is next explained, through the midst of Jerusalem; the city the six men had the charge over or against, Ezekiel 9:1; and set a mark upon the foreheads; not the Hebrew letter ת, as some say, because in the form of a cross, and so signifying...
Matthew Henry
The prophet had, in vision, seen the wickedness that was committed at Jerusalem, in the foregoing chapter, and we may be sure that it was not represented to him worse than really it was; now here follows, of course, a representation of their ruin approaching; for when sin goes before judgments come next. Here is, I. Preparation made of instruments that were to be employed in the destruction of...