The
glory of Jehovah visiting the temple and manifesting the
heinous sins there
The glory of Jehovah
visits the temple. He takes His place on the side that
looked towards the city, and, after having shewn the
prophet the heinous sins committed there, He gives
command to execute the deserved vengeance, but to spare
the remnant who mourned over all these abominations. That
which declares morally the state of heart of the wicked,
and which made them give the loose rein to their
iniquity, is that the absence of Jehovah's intervention
on account of their sins, had so acted on their belief as
to make them say, "Jehovah hath forsaken the earth
and Jehovah seeth not." This was obduracy of heart.
Ezekiel 9 Bible Commentary
John Darby’s Synopsis
The glory of Jehovah visits the temple. He takes His place on the side that looked towards the city, and, after having shewn the prophet the heinous sins committed there, He gives command to execute the deserved vengeance, but to spare the remnant who mourned over all these abominations. That which declares morally the state of heart of the wicked, and which made them give the loose rein to their iniquity, is that the absence of Jehovah's intervention on account of their sins, had so acted on their belief as to make them say, "Jehovah hath forsaken the earth and Jehovah seeth not." This was obduracy of heart.