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Ezekiel 9:2

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six: Jeremiah 1:15, Jeremiah 5:15-17, Jeremiah 8:16-17, Jeremiah 25:9

the higher: 2 Kings 15:35; 2 Chronicles 27:3; Jeremiah 26:10

lieth: Heb. is turned

slaughter weapon: Heb. weapon of his breaking in pieces

and one: Ezekiel 10:2, Ezekiel 10:6-7; Leviticus 16:4; Revelation 15:6

inkhorn: Keseth: (in Chaldee, kista: Syriac, kesto: Ethiopic, kasut:) denotes a bottle, or vessel to hold any fluid; and being here united to sophair: a writer, is not improperly rendered as an ink-horn, so one of the editions of Aquila, μελανδοχειον:, and Vulgate, atramentarium:. Dr. Shaw informs us, that among the Moors, "the Hojas: i.e., writers or secretaries, suspend their ink-horns in their girdles."

by his side: Heb. upon his loins

beside: Exodus 27:1-7, Exodus 40:29; 2 Chronicles 4:1

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