Ezekiel

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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.” See also: Isaiah 6:8 Revelation 1:10-11 Amos 3:7-8Behold, 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. See also: Ezekiel 10:2 Leviticus 16:4 Ezekiel 10:6-7The 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. See also: Ezekiel 10:4 Ezekiel 11:22-23 Ezekiel 8:4The LORD 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.” See also: Revelation 9:4 2 Corinthians 1:22 Revelation 14:1To the others he said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him, and strike. Don’t let your eye spare, neither have pity. See also: Ezekiel 5:11 Deuteronomy 32:39-42 1 Samuel 9:15Kill 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. See also: Revelation 9:4 Exodus 12:23 Jeremiah 25:29He said to them, “Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” They went out, and struck in the city. See also: Ezekiel 7:20-22 2 Chronicles 36:17 Psalms 79:1-3While they were killing, and I was left, I fell on my face, and cried, and said, “Ah Lord GOD! Will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath on Jerusalem?” See also: Ezekiel 11:13 Numbers 16:45 Ezekiel 4:14Then 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, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land, and the LORD doesn’t see.’ See also: Ezekiel 8:12 Job 22:13 Ezekiel 7:23As for me also, my eye won’t spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way on their head.” See also: Ezekiel 7:4 Ezekiel 11:21 Isaiah 65:6Behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, “I have done as you have commanded me.” See also: Zechariah 6:7-8 Psalms 103:20 Zechariah 1:10-11

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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)6 notes

Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.

These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity

Ezekiel 9:2

Ver. 2. Upper, leading to the court of the priests. These were six angels, representing the army coming from Babylon. The seventh was an angel of peace. C. --- God never abandoned his whole Church. W.

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Ezekiel 9:3

Ver. 3. House; to the holy place, shewing that he abondoned those in the temple. C.

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Ezekiel 9:4

Ver. 4. Mark Thau. Thau, or Tau, is the last letter in the Hebrew alphabet, and signifies a sign or a mark: which is the reason why some translators render this place set a mark, or mark a mark, without specifying what this mark was.

But S. Jerom, and other interpreters, conclude it was the form of the letter thau, which, in the ancient Hebrew character, was the form of a cross. Ch. ---

Of this many inscriptions still extant bear witness. Montfaucon. --- Some Rabbins allow that the last letter was used but in honour of "the law," Thorah.

The cross is supposed to be the hieroglyphic of a future life, (Hist. Rufini. ii.

29.) and found frequently in the pictures or (H.) in the tables of Isis. But it rather represents a key. Soldiers who were acquitted received the letter T, and those who were sentenced to die had Th, (C.) alluding to Thanatos, "death." H.

--- We may, however, suppose that if God designated any letter, it would be some letter of the Heb.

alphabet, and accordingly the last had formerly the figure of †. x. though this text may signify "a sign" in general. The virtuous would be discriminated from the guilty, as if they were marked. C.

--- The door-posts of the Hebrews were stained with blood, in Egypt, to shew that all should be redeemed by that of Christ; and here those who shall be saved, received the mark of his cross.

This sign has always been held in veneration among Christians, (W.) and used in conferring baptism, consecrating the blessed Eucharist, &c. S. Chrys. hom.

lv. in Mat. and lxxxiv. in Jo. S.

Aug. tr. cxviii. in Jo. Ser. ci. de temp. &c. --- It appeared to Constantine with this inscription, "In this conquer;" (Eus. vit. i. 22.) and again over Jerusalem; (S. Cyr. ep. ad Constantium.) and will be borne before Christ, at his last coming, (Mat. xxiv.) to the joy of those who have performed their baptismal promises, and to the confusion (W.) of the enemies of the cross of Christ. H.

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Ezekiel 9:6

Ver. 6. Sanctuary. Aquila, "temple," or people (C.) consecrated to my service, (Sept. T.) particularly (C.) the twenty-five idolaters, the ancients and women. C.

C. viii. 16. --- Judgment beginneth at the house of God, (1 Pet. iv. 17.) and those (H.) who abuse holy things are justly cut off. W.

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Ezekiel 9:7

Ver. 7. Defile. Sept. "you have defiled." I regard the place no longer. C.

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Ezekiel 9:9

Ver. 9. Perverseness, in "wresting of judgment." Prot. marg. What else can be expected, when the judges deny Providence? H.

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License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses

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