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**He cried** , &c. Contrast "though they cry", &c. ([Ezekiel 8:18](../../../kjv/ezekiel/8/18) )
**every man** . Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 .
**destroying** = dashing (in pieces).
**weapon** . A various reading called *Sevir* . ( App-34 ), with some codices, four early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, reads "weapons" (plural)

**behold.** Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6 .
**six men.** Evidently supernatural. Angels are often called "men".
**men.** *Heb,* plural *of enosh.* App-14 .
**man.** Hebrew. *'ish* . App-14 .
**weapon** . A various reading called *Sevir,* with some codices, one early printed edition, and Syriac, reads weapons (plural)
**a writer's inkhorn** . See Eze 9:41 . Seen in use in the East to this day.

**the glory,** &c. See note on [Ezekiel 1:28](../../../kjv/ezekiel/1/28) .
**the God of Israel** . See note on [Isaiah 29:23](../../../kjv/isaiah/29/23) .
**God** . Hebrew. *Elohin,* App-4 .
**cherub** . Singular, as in [Ezekiel 1:20](../../../kjv/ezekiel/1/20) .
**He:** or, It. the house: i.e. the Temple building.
**the man clothed with linen** . Compare [Daniel 10:5](../../../kjv/daniel/10/5) , [Daniel 10:6](../../../kjv/daniel/10/6) . [Revelation 1:13](../../../kjv/revelation/1/13) .

**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .
**set a mark.** Compare [Revelation 7:3](../../../kjv/revelation/7/3) ; [Revelation 9:4](../../../kjv/revelation/9/4) ; [Revelation 13:16](../../../kjv/revelation/13/16) , [Revelation 13:17](../../../kjv/revelation/13/17) ; [Revelation 20:4](../../../kjv/revelation/20/4) .
**mark.** Hebrew Occurs elsewhere only in [Job 31:35](../../../kjv/job/31/35) .

**spare** = shield.

**begin at My sanctuary.** Compare [Isaiah 10:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/10/12) .[Jeremiah 25:29](../../../kjv/jeremiah/25/29) ; [Jeremiah 49:12](../../../kjv/jeremiah/49/12) .[Malachi 3:5](../../../kjv/malachi/3/5) . [1 Peter 4:17](../../../kjv/1-peter/4/17) .
**ancient** = elders.

**I fell upon my face.** See note on [Ezekiel 1:28](../../../kjv/ezekiel/1/28) .
**Ah.** Figure of speech *Ecphonesis.* App-6 .
**Lord GOD** . Hebrew. *Adonai Jehovah* . App-4 . See note on [Ezekiel 2:4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/4) .

**iniquity** . Hebrew `avnh, App-44 .
**exceeding great.** Figure of speech *Epizeuxis.* App-6 . Hebrew = "great, by degree, degree",
**Hath forsaken** . See [Ezekiel 8:12](../../../kjv/ezekiel/8/12) .

**Mine eye,** &c. See note on [Ezekiel 5:11](../../../kjv/ezekiel/5/11) ; [Ezekiel 5:7](../../../kjv/ezekiel/5/7) , [Ezekiel 5:4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/5/4) ; [Ezekiel 8:18](../../../kjv/ezekiel/8/18) .
**according as** . Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "according to all which".

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