Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 9:11
And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which [had] the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.
11. The man clad in linen returns, announcing the execution of Jehovah’s commands.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Eze 9:11
Reported the matter, saying, I have done as Thou hast commanded me.
The completion of the work of mercy
We do not find that those who were commissioned to destroy reported what destruction they had made, but he who was appointed to protect reported his matter, for it would be more pleasing both to God and to the prophet to hear of those who were saved than of those that perished. Or this report was made now because the thing was finished, whereas the destroying world would be a work of time, and when it was brought to an end then the report should be made. See how faithful Christ is to the trust reposed in Him. Is He commanded to secure eternal life to the chosen remnant? He has done as was commanded Him. Of all that Thou hast given Me I have lost none. (M. Henry.)
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Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Verse 11. I have done as thou hast commanded me.] Angels and men must all give account of their conduct to God; for although he is every where, and his eye sees all things, yet they must personally account for all that they have done. I have done as thou hast commanded me. The penitents are all signed; the penitents are all safe. This is good news for them that mourn.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
While God gave the prophet the account of the peoples sins, and of his own resolutions, Christ,
clothed with linen, the innocent one, and our Priest,
reported the matter, as it were came in, or returned from doing that work most delightful to him.
As thou hast commanded me; the Hebrew text is according, or as; but the reading is with all added, according to
all that which thou, O my Father, hast commanded me; as Joh 14:31.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
11. I have done as thou hastcommandedThe characteristic of Messiah (Joh17:4). So the angels (Ps103:21); and the apostles report their fulfilment of their orders(Mr 6:30).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which [had] the inkhorn by his side,…. Eze 9:2; to whom the orders were given to mark the mourners in the city, Eze 9:4. The Syriac version is, “then I saw the man”, c. which must direct him to observe and call to mind the distinguishing goodness of God to his own people:
reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me meaning that the righteous were marked, and had been preserved, while the others were slain. Christ, as man and Mediator, sustains the character of a servant; as such he has commands enjoined him, which he has obeyed; he has done all he was to do; he has fulfilled the whole will of God, and wrought out the complete salvation of his people; a report of which he made when here on earth, Joh 17:4; and will do again at the last day; when all his people will be gathered in, and he shall deliver the kingdom to the Father, and present them all to him, having been kept by his power, saying, “lo, I and the children thou hast given me”, Isa 8:18; when all will be done as was commanded, and he undertook, and the report made accordingly. Ben Melech observes, that the “Keri”, or marginal reading is,
“according to all which thou hast commanded me;”
as if he should say, there is nothing wanting of all that was commanded.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
This sentence confirms what I said yesterday about God’s paternal anxiety towards the faithful. For the Prophet taught, before God would permit the Chaldeans to destroy the city, that an angel was sent before to succor the elect, and thus to oppose himself to the violence of the enemies: where we have said that it is shown to us as in a glass that God holds this order in his judgments, that his fatherly love towards the faithful always precedes them, so that he does not permit anything to happen to them but what tends to their safety. For this reason the angel now says, that he had done as he was commanded. Doubtless the obedience of the angel is reported to us, because it answers to the will of God. Hence, therefore, we gather that the safety of the faithful is always precious to God, and therefore they will always be safe and secure when we think heaven and earth mingled together. This then is the explanation. Now follows —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
11. I have done as thou hast commanded me As leader of the six, he reports that he has put the divinely appointed mark upon all of God’s true followers in the city and that all others have been slain.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘And behold the man clothed in linen, who had the writing kit by his side, reported the matter, saying, “I have done as you have commanded me.” ’
The marking of the righteous had taken place as God had commanded. Justice must now take its course.
As we review these chapters that we have been considering we should recognise their primary message, the seriousness of sin and rebellion against God. The end of an era had been reached. In spite of all the efforts of the prophets, and the pleadings and constant demonstrations of the mercy of God, the people had remained hardhearted. Indeed they had become even more hardhearted. And in the end sin must be accounted for. God is longsuffering, but even that longsuffering will one day come to an end. And then there is nothing but judgment for the unrepentant. That is what had happened here. We too must recognise that to go on sinning deliberately is a very serious matter. One day God’s longsuffering with us will also cease.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
This is a blessed conclusion to the subject. Jesus as Mediator, the Christ of God, is said in the New Testament, to deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father: when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power. For having received from the Father, in his office-character the government, the kingdom of grace, when grace is consummated in glory, ceaseth, and the kingdom of glory in perfection begins. So that Jehovah, in his threefold character of Person, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, having commissioned, and set up, Christ the Glory-man Mediator, it becomes needful that the Mediator should be faithful to him that appointed him. And here, having marked and secured his people, and seen the destruction of his enemies, returns with the report, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me. 1Co 15:24-28 ; Heb 3:1-2 with Isa 42:1-4 ; Joh 17:4 .
REFLECTIONS
PAUSE, my soul, and dwell with long, and solemn meditation, over this sacred scripture, which holds up to thy view a double aspect; like the pillar of cloud in the camp of Israel; brightness and defense to the Lord’s friends; darkness and destruction to his enemies. Recollect, my soul, as thou ponderest over what is here written, that voice the Prophet, heard, thou wilt shortly hear; and a loud voice, to awaken all that are in the graves it will be. And at that voice, the angels will assuredly come forth, to destruction, with Jesus at their head. The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from Heaven, (the Scripture saith) with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of Christ. Precious Lord Jesus! hast thou marked me as thine own? Do I sigh, and cry, for the abominations that are done in Jerusalem? Do I mourn in secret, for the languishing state of Zion, in the present hour? Is it indeed a grief to my soul, that so few are asking the way to Zion, and so few live up to their high Christian calling? Yea, is it a grief to my very soul, that my own enjoyments of divine things are at so low an ebb, and that I live so far from Him whom. my soul loveth? Are these among thy daily exercises; and dost thou sigh, and cry, both for Zion’s low estate around thee, and the low estate in divine things, within thee. Yea! dust thou groan, being burdened, as holy Paul did, for that thou carriest about with thee, this body of sin, and death? Pause, my soul, over the solemn consideration; and amidst these sighs and sorrows, recollect that these are the features of the Lord’s holy mourners. These are the spots of God’s children. These are the evidences that the man, the glory-man, the man Christ Jesus, from his pierced side, hath marked thee, and sealed thee, unto the day of eternal redemption. Take comfort my soul! The Lord hath in thine instance, fulfilled that precious promise, and hath poured out upon thee, a spirit of grace; thou art looking unto Him, whom thou hast pierced; and thou art mourning for Him, as one mourneth for his only son, and as one in bitterness for his first born. And look up, and hope with full assurance of faith; he that soweth in tears, shall reap in joy. Shortly the Lord will come, to be glorified in his saints, and to be adorned in all that believe. And while the ungodly, and unbelieving, shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power, the Lord will own thee for his own, and number thee among his jewels.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Eze 9:11 And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which [had] the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.
Ver. 11. And behold the man reported the matter. ] The Vulgate hath it respondit verbum, as if he had been asked before whether he had done as was bidden.
I have done as thou hast commanded me.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Eze 9:11
11Then behold, the man clothed in linen at whose loins was the writing case reported, saying, I have done just as You have commanded me.
Eze 9:11 This refers to the angelic messenger/scribe. Angels obey God, but not His creatures made in His image. What irony!
Fuente: You Can Understand the Bible: Study Guide Commentary Series by Bob Utley
reported the matter: Heb. returned the word
I have: Psa 103:20, Isa 46:10, Isa 46:11, Zec 1:10, Zec 1:11, Zec 6:7, Zec 6:8, Rev 16:2, Rev 16:17
Reciprocal: Jer 29:16 – General Eze 10:2 – unto
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 9:11, The men sent forth to execute the decree of God did their duty, and the man with the Inkhorn came back with his report of the same
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Eze 9:11. And the man clothed with linen reported the matter Gave an account of what he had done in pursuance of his commission; he had found out all that mourned in secret for the sins of the land, and cried out against them by a public testimony, and he had marked them in order to their preservation. Lord, I have done as thou hast commanded me We do not find that those who were commissioned to destroy reported what destruction they had made, but he who was appointed to protect reported his matter; for it would be more pleasing, both to God and the prophet, to hear of those that were saved than of those that perished.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
The man with the inkhorn returned to the Lord and reported that he had carried out his assignment as instructed. There were some that he was able to mark, and they remained alive. This was the faithful remnant that was a very small group at this time (cf. Rom 9:27-29; Rom 11:4-5).