Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
CONTINUATION OF THE PRECEDING VISION: THE SEALING OF THE FAITHFUL. (Ezekiel 9:1-11)
cried--contrasted with their "cry" for mercy (Ezekiel 8:18) is the "cry" here for vengeance, showing how vain was the former.
them that have charge--literally, officers; so "officers" (Isaiah 60:17), having the city in charge, not to guard, but to punish it. The angels who as "watchers" fulfil God's judgments (Daniel 4:13, Daniel 4:17, Daniel 4:23; Daniel 10:20-21); the "princes" (Jeremiah 39:3) of Nebuchadnezzar's army were under their guidance.
draw near--in the Hebrew intensive, "to draw near quickly."
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Ezekiel 9:1
Amos 9:1
Revelation 7:3
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