Ezekiel 9:9

Ezekiel 9:9

7 Then He said to them, “Defile the¹ temple, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” And they went out and killed in the city.

8 So it was, that while they were killing them, I was left alone; and I ^afell on my face and cried out, and said, ^b“Ah, Lord God! Will You destroy all the remnant of Israel in pouring out Your fury on Jerusalem?”

9 Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and ^athe land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity; for they say, ^b‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and ^cthe Lord does not see!’

10 And as for Me also, My ^aeye will neither spare, nor will I have pity, but ^bI will recompense their deeds on their own head.”

11 Just then, the man clothed with linen, who had the inkhorn at his side, reported back and said, “I have done as You commanded me.”

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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exceeding—literally, "very, very"; doubled.

perverseness—"apostasy" [GROTIUS]; or, "wresting aside of justice."

Lord . . . forsaken . . . earth . . . seeth not—The order is reversed from Ezekiel 8:12. There they speak of His neglect of His people in their misery; here they go farther and deny His providence (Psalms 10:11), so that they may sin fearlessly. God, in answer to Ezekiel's question (Ezekiel 9:8), leaves the difficulty unsolved; He merely vindicates His justice by showing it did not exceed their sin: He would have us humbly acquiesce in His judgments, and wait and trust.

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