Ezekiel · Catholic Public Domain Version
Ezekiel 9 Catholic Public Domain Version
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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1 And he cried out in my ears with a loud voice, saying: “The visitations of the city have drawn near, and each one has equipment for killing in his hand.”
1 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.”
2 And behold, six men were approaching from the way of the upper gate, which looks to the north. And each one had equipment for killing in his hand. Also, one man in their midst was clothed with linen, and an instrument for writing was at his waist. And they entered and stood beside the bronze altar.
2 Behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lies toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand. One man in the middle of them was clothed in linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side. They went in, and stood beside the bronze altar.
3 And the glory of the Lord of Israel was taken up, from the cherub upon which he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called out to the man who was clothed with linen and had an instrument for writing at his waist.
3 The glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house; and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer’s inkhorn by his side.
4 And the Lord said to him: “Cross through the middle of the city, in the center of Jerusalem, and seal a Tau upon the foreheads of the grieving men, who are mourning over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.”
4 Yahweh said to him, “Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”
5 And he said to the others, in my hearing: “Cross through the city after him, and strike! Your eye shall not be lenient, and you shall not take pity.
5 To the others he said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him, and strike. Don’t let your eye spare, neither have pity.
6 Kill, even to utter destruction, old men, young men, and virgins, little ones, and women. But all upon whom you see the Tau, you shall not kill. And begin from my sanctuary.” Therefore, they began with the men among the elders, who were before the face of the house.
6 Kill utterly the old man, the young man, the virgin, little children and women; but don’t come near any man on whom is the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.” Then they began at the old men who were before the house.
7 And he said to them: “Defile the house, and fill its courts with the slain! Go forth!” And they went forth and struck down those who were in the city.
7 He said to them, “Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” They went out, and struck in the city.
8 And when the slaughter was completed, I remained. And I fell upon my face, and crying out, I said: “Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! Will you now destroy the entire remnant of Israel, by pouring out your fury upon Jerusalem?”
8 While they were killing, and I was left, I fell on my face, and cried, and said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! Will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath on Jerusalem?”
9 And he said to me: “The iniquity of the house of Israel, and of Judah, is vast and exceedingly great, and the land has been filled with blood, and the city has been filled with what is abhorrent. For they have said: ‘The Lord has forsaken the earth,’ and, ‘The Lord does not see.’
9 Then he said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perversion; for they say, ‘Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh doesn’t see.’
10 Therefore, my eye will not be lenient, and I will not take pity. I will repay their own way upon their head.”
10 As for me also, my eye won’t spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way on their head.”
11 And behold, the man who was clothed with linen, who had a writing instrument at his back, responded a word, saying: “I have done just as you instructed me.”
11 Behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, “I have done as you have commanded me.”
Cross references (11)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 6:8; Ezekiel 43:6–7; 1 Chronicles 21:15; Revelation 1:10–11; Amos 3:7–8
- 2 Leviticus 16:4; Ezekiel 10:2; Ezekiel 10:6–7; 2 Kings 15:35; Revelation 15:6
- 3 Ezekiel 10:4; Ezekiel 11:22–23; Ezekiel 3:23; Ezekiel 43:2–4; Ezekiel 8:4
- 4 Revelation 9:4; 2 Corinthians 1:22; Revelation 14:1; Revelation 7:2–3; Revelation 20:4
- 5 Ezekiel 5:11; 1 Samuel 9:15; Ezekiel 24:14; Exodus 32:27; 1 Kings 18:40
- 6 Revelation 9:4; Exodus 12:23; Jeremiah 25:29; 2 Timothy 2:19; Revelation 7:3
- 7 Ezekiel 7:20–22; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Psalm 79:1–3; Lamentations 2:4–7; Luke 13:1
- 8 Ezekiel 11:13; Ezekiel 4:14; 1 Chronicles 21:16; Joshua 7:6; Numbers 14:5
- 9 Ezekiel 8:12; Job 22:13; Ezekiel 7:23; 2 Chronicles 36:14–16; Micah 3:1–3
- 10 Ezekiel 7:4; Ezekiel 11:21; Ezekiel 8:18; Isaiah 65:6; Hosea 9:7
- 11 Zechariah 6:7–8; Revelation 16:17; Revelation 16:2; Zechariah 1:10–11; Psalm 103:20
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… to destroy the ungodly people, He first sent one to mark them, and said to him, "Go and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and moan for the sins of my people that are done in the midst of them." He did not say, "which are done without them;" but "in the midst of them." …
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Afterwards the Destroyer is sent, and to him it is said, "Go, lay waste, spare neither young nor old, male nor female, but come not near those who have the mark on their forehead." How great security is granted to you, my Brethren, who among this people are sighing, and moaning for the iniquities which are being done in the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)