The Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 9:11

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

And, behold, etc. The speaker in the previous verses had been none other than the Presence which remained upon the cherubic lotto, while the seven ministers did their work. The captain of the seven now returns to report, as an officer to his king, that the work has been accomplished.

HOMILETICS.

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