Guiding Questions: Ezekiel 9

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. Would Ezekiel 9:1 indicate that Ezekiel 9 continues the prophecy of the chapter preceding?
  2. According to Ezekiel 9:2, where is this “event” (vision) taking place (judging by the reference to the copper or bronze altar)?
  3. In his vision, where does the prophet see the “presence of God”?
  4. Reference is made in Ezekiel 9:3 to the “man garbedin linen.” Where does this reference appear in the Yom Kippur liturgy (in one of the closing portions of Musaf)?
  5. How are the transgressors to be “marked” (Ezekiel 9:4)?
  6. And, having been so marked, what is the function of the “other six”?
  7. Ezekiel 9:6 indicates who is to be killed. Is anyone exempt from this fate?
  8. Who are the first to be “punished” and, presumably, for what reason?
  9. In Ezekiel 9:8, what is the prophet’s plaint to God?
  10. What is the response forthcoming from Divinity as the prophet “hears it” (Ezekiel 9:9-10)?
  11. In Ezekiel 9:11, the “man dressed in linen” states “I have done as You instructed me.” What is meant by this observation?

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