He - The man whom he had seen upon the throne. Them - Those whom God hath appointed to destroy the city: perhaps angels. Every man - Every one; 'tis an Hebrew idiom. Each of these had a weapon proper for that kind of destruction which he was to effect; and so, some to slay with the sword, another with the pestilence, another with famine. In his hand - Denoting both expedition in, and strength for the work.

Eze 20:30

Say ye unto the house of Israel, etc. The words are addressed primarily to the elders who had come to consult the prophet (Eze 20:1), but through them to all their contemporaries and fellow countrymen. They still in heart and even in deed (comp. Isa 57:4-6, Isa 57:11, and Isa 65:3, as showing the habits of the exiles) clung to the old idolatries. The question for them was whether they would continue to walk in the ways of their fathers. If so, it was true of them, as of the elders, that the Lent to whom they came would not be inquired of by them.