Post by Lee on Oct 11, 2014 17:15:06 GMT
Ch.9: The destruction of Jerusalem symbolically begins: 6 men with slaughter-weapons come from the north. Six is the number of man.
There were 6 generals of the Babylonian army (Jr 39:3). Ezekiel's 6 men were God's supervising angels, and their slaughter-weapons were the
Babylonian generals and their armies. The 6 are directed by a 7th man in linen with an inkhorn, who puts a mark on all in the city who mourn for the abominations being committed. Then the 6 are directed to slay all the rest.
We cannot take from this the absolute guarantee that everyone who died in this siege was wicked, and everyone who lived was righteous, for the record shows differently. But it does comfortingly manifest God's complete control and supervision of every detail. God watches and marks everyone. There are no mistakes; no oversights. All sin will be punished: all righteousness at last rewarded.
1978 berean (Rene)
There were 6 generals of the Babylonian army (Jr 39:3). Ezekiel's 6 men were God's supervising angels, and their slaughter-weapons were the
Babylonian generals and their armies. The 6 are directed by a 7th man in linen with an inkhorn, who puts a mark on all in the city who mourn for the abominations being committed. Then the 6 are directed to slay all the rest.
We cannot take from this the absolute guarantee that everyone who died in this siege was wicked, and everyone who lived was righteous, for the record shows differently. But it does comfortingly manifest God's complete control and supervision of every detail. God watches and marks everyone. There are no mistakes; no oversights. All sin will be punished: all righteousness at last rewarded.
1978 berean (Rene)