A supplement to the several discourses upon various divine subjects

Ezekiel 9.4. And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the City, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh, and that cry for all the Abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

Ezekiel 9.4. And the Lord said unto him, Go thorow the midst of the City, thorow the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh, and that cry for all the Abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

When God in the former Chapter had charged the Jews with their Idolatry, and the multiplicity of abominations committed in his Temple; And v. 18. had past a resolve that he would not spare them, but deal in fury with them, though they should solicit him with the strongest and most importunate supplications; In this Chapter he calls and commissions the Executioners of his just Decree. Ver. 1. 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. And declares whom, and in what manner he would punish, and whom he would pardon. The Executioners of God's vengeance are the Chaldeans, described by the situation of them from Judea, and the direct Road from that Country to Jerusalem. v. 2. Six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lies towards the North. Babylon lay North-East from Jerusalem; and this gate was the way of entrance for Travellers from those parts; it led also into the Court of the Priests, which shows from whence the Judgment should come, and upon whom it should light.

WHen God in the former Chapter had charged the Jews with their Idolatry, and the multiplicity of abominations committed in his Temple; And v. 18. had past a resolve that he would not spare them, but deal in fury with them, though they should solicit him with the strongest and most importunate supplications; In this Chapter he calls and commissions the Executioners of his just Decree. Ver. 1. He cryed 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. And declares whom, and in what manner he would punish, and whom he would pardon. The Executioners of God's vengeance are the Chaldeans, described by the situation of them from Judea, and the direct Road from that Country to Jerusalem. v. 2. Six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lies towards the North. Babylon lay North-East from Jerusalem; and this gate was the way of entrance for Travellers from those parts; it led also into the Court of the Priests, which shews from whence the Judgment should come, and upon whom it should light.