1 Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, "Draw near, you executioners of the city, each with his destroying weapon in his hand."
2 And lo, six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, every man with his weapon for slaughter in his hand, and with them was a man clothed in linen, with a writing case at his side. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.
3 Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherubim on which it rested to the threshold of the house; and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writing case at his side.
4 And the LORD said to him, "Go through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it."
5 And to the others he said in my hearing, "Pass through the city after him, and smite; your eye shall not spare, and you shall show no pity;
6 slay old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but touch no one upon whom is the mark. And begin at my sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were before the house.
7 Then he said to them, "Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth." So they went forth, and smote in the city.
8 And while they were smiting, and I was left alone, I fell upon my face, and cried, "Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all that remains of Israel in the outpouring of thy wrath upon Jerusalem?"
9 Then he said to me, "The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice; for they say, `The LORD has forsaken the land, and the LORD does not see.'
10 As for me, my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity, but I will requite their deeds upon their heads."
11 And lo, the man clothed in linen, with the writing case at his side, brought back word, saying, "I have done as thou didst command me."
Versículos relacionados com Ezekiel, 9:
Ezekiel 9 narrates the prophet's view of the destruction that would come upon Jerusalem because of the sins of the people. In vision, six men appear and receive orders from God to kill all the inhabitants of the city who had no mark on their forehead. The following verses are related to the topics addressed in Ezekiel 9:
Job 2:3: "Then the Lord said to Satan," Did you noticed in my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him, blameless, righteous, a man who fears God and avoids evil. He remains righteous, although you have incited me against him to ruin him for no reason. "In this verse we see the emphasis on justice and integrity, which are important values for God and were missing among the people of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 5:13: "Then my wrath will be fulfilled, and I will satisfy myself. When I have exhausted my wrath against them, then you know that I, the Lord, said in my zeal, when I have fulfilled my wrath against them ". Here we see the idea of divine wrath and judgment over those who departed from God and did not repent.
Ezekiel 18:30: "Therefore, O nation of Israel, I will judge them to each one according to their ways, declares the sovereign, the Lord. Repent! It will be a fall. " This verse speaks of each person's individual responsibility to repent and move away from sin, and how it can avoid falling.
Jeremiah 25:29: "For, behold, in the city that is called by my name to punish; and you shall be completely unpunished? Do not go unpunished, for I will make the sword come over all the residents of the earth, says the Lord of hosts." This verse relates to the idea that no one would be exempt from divine judgment, not even those who considered themselves faithful to God or who lived in the city that was called by the name of God.
Revelation 7:3: "They do not cause damage to the earth, neither to the sea nor to the trees, until we sealed the servants of our God." This verse relates to the idea that God would protect those who were His faithful servants, as we see in Ezekiel 9, where those who had the mark on the forehead would be spared from destruction.
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