1 Καὶ ἀνέκραγεν εἰς τὰ ὦτά μου φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, λέγων, ἤγγικεν ἡ ἐκδίκησις τῆς πόλεως· καὶ ἕκαστος εἶχε τὰ σκεύη τῆς ἐξολοθρεύσεως ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ. 2 Καὶ ἰδοὺ ἓξ ἄνδρες ἤρχοντο ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς πύλης τῆς ὑψηλῆς τῆς βλεπούσης πρὸς Βοῤῥᾶν, καὶ ἑκάστου πέλυξ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ· καὶ εἷς ἀνὴρ ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν ἐνδεδυκὼς ποδήρη, καὶ ζώνη σαπφείρου ἐπὶ τῆς ὀσφύος αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἰσήλθοσαν καὶ ἔστησαν ἐχόμενοι τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τοῦ χαλκοῦ. 3 Καὶ δόξα Θεοῦ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἀνέβη ἀπὸ τῶν χερουβὶμ, ἡ οὖσα ἐπʼ αὐτῶν, εἰς τὸ αἴθριον τοῦ οἴκου· 4 Καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν ἐνδεδυκότα τὸν ποδήρη, ὃς εἶχεν ἐπὶ τῆς ὀσφύος αὐτοῦ τὴν ζώνην, καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν, δίελθε μέσην Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ δὸς σημεῖον ἐπὶ τὰ μέτωπα τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν καταστεναζόντων καὶ τῶν κατοδυνωμένων ἐπὶ πάσαις ταῖς ἀνομίαις ταῖς γινομέναις ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν. 5 Καὶ τούτοις εἶπεν ἀκούοντός μου, πορεύεσθε ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ κόπτετε, καὶ μὴ φείδεσθε τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ὑμῶν, καὶ μὴ ἐλεήσητε. 6 Πρεσβύτερον καὶ νεανίσκον καὶ παρθένον καὶ νήπια καὶ γυναῖκας ἀποκτείνατε εἰς ἐξάλειψιν· ἐπὶ δὲ πάντας ἐφʼ οὕς ἐστι τὸ σημεῖον, μὴ ἐγγίσητε· ἀπὸ τῶν ἁγίων μου ἄρξασθε. Καὶ ἤρξαντο ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων οἳ ἦσαν ἔσω ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ. 7 Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς, μιάνατε τὸν οἶκον, καὶ πλήσατε τὰς ὁδοὺς νεκρῶν ἐκπορευόμενοι, καὶ κόπτετε. 8 Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ κόπτειν αὐτοὺς, καὶ πίπτω ἐπὶ πρόσωπόν μου, καὶ ἀνεβόησα, καὶ εἶπα, οἴμοι Κύριε, ἐξαλείφεις σὺ τοὺς καταλοίπους τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, ἐν τῷ ἐκχέαι σε τὸν θυμόν σου ἐπὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ; 9 Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς μὲ, ἀδικία τοῦ οἴκου Ἰσραὴλ καὶ Ἰούδα μεμεγάλυνται σφόδρα σφόδρα, ὅτι ἐπλήσθη ἡ γῆ λαῶν πολλῶν, καὶ ἡ πόλις ἐπλήσθη ἀδικίας καὶ ἀκαθαρσίας, ὅτι εἶπαν, ἐγκατέλιπε Κύριος τὴν γῆν, οὐκ ἐφορᾷ ὁ Κύριος. 10 Καὶ οὐ φείσεταί μου ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς, οὐδὲ μὴ ἐλεήσω, τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῶν εἰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν δέδωκα. 11 Καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ ἐνδεδυκὼς τὸν ποδήρη, καὶ ἐζωσμένος τῇ ζώνῃ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπεκρίνατο λέγων, πεποίηκα καθὼς ἐνετείλω μοι.
Ezekiel · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Ezekiel 9 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
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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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… 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." …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
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)