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Ezekiel 9:1
Then I heard Him call out in a loud voice, saying, “Draw near, O executioners of the city, each with a weapon of destruction in hand.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text reports a loud voice commanding the executioners of the city to approach with weapons of destruction. This occurs during a prophetic vision marking the initiation of divine judgment against Jerusalem.
The words — The Hebrew קָרְב֖וּ (ka.re.Vu) means "they have drawn near," and פְּקֻדּ֣וֹת (pe.ku.Dot) translates to "punishments," identifying the summoned agents of judgment.
The thread — This summons to divine executioners parallels Isaiah 6:8, where a voice calls for a volunteer, and 1 Chronicles 21:15, where God sends an angel to destroy Jerusalem.
Why it lands — The passage requires acknowledgment that judgment proceeds from direct divine command rather than human initiative. It demands sober recognition of the seriousness of executed justice without softening its reality.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 6:8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”
- 2 Kings 10:24 And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and warned them, “If anyone allows one of the men I am delivering into your hands to escape, he will forfeit his life for theirs.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:15 Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- Ezekiel 43:6 While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple,
- Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
- Revelation 1:10 On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
- Revelation 14:7 And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”
- Exodus 12:23 When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
- Isaiah 10:6 I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.