Ezekiel 9:2

Overview - Ezekiel 9
A vision, whereby is shewn the preservation of some;
and the destruction of the rest.
God cannot be intreated for them.
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Ezekiel 9:2  (King James Version)
And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
 


six
Jeremiah 1:15 ; 5:15-17 Jeremiah 8:16 Jeremiah 8:17 25:9

the higher
2 Kings 15:35 ; 2 Chronicles 27:3 ; Jeremiah 26:10

lieth
Hebrew is turned. slaughter weapon. Hebrew weapon of
his breaking in pieces
and one.
Ezekiel 10:2 Ezekiel 10:6 Ezekiel 10:7 Leviticus 16:4 ; Revelation 15:6

ink-horn
{Keseth,} (in Chaldee, {kista,} Syriac, {kesto,} Ethiopic,
{kasut,}) denotes a bottle, or vessel to hold any fluid; and
being here united to {sophair,} a writer, is not improperly rendered as an ink-horn: so one of the editions of Aquila, [melandocheion,] and Vulgate, {atramentarium} Dr. Shaw
informs us, that among the Moors, "the {Hojas,} ie., writers or secretaries, suspend their ink-horns in their girdles."

by his side
Hebrew upon his loins. beside.
Exodus 27:1-7 ; 40:29 2 Chronicles 4:1