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Ezekiel 9:3-6:
3 Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub, where it had been, to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer’s inkhorn at his side;
4 and the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”
5 To the others He said in my hearing, “Go after him through the city and kill; do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity.
6 ...
but do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.

"put a mark on the foreheads"
"but do not come near anyone on whom is the mark"

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9:4 וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלָיו עֲבֹר בְּתוֹךְ הָעִיר בְּתוֹךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְהִתְוִיתָ תָּו עַל־מִצְחוֹת הָאֲנָשִׁים הַנֶּאֱנָחִים וְהַנֶּאֱנָקִים עַל כָּל־הַתּוֹעֵבוֹת הַנַּעֲשׂוֹת בְּתוֹכָהּ׃

תָּו - tāv (ת + qamats vowel + vav) - ("a mark").

"ת" - modern writing of the letter tav, which means sign, mark, or cross. The modern Hebrew alphabet replaced the pre-Babylonian Exile Hebrew alphabet. Keep this in mind.

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Ezekiel was born in 622 BC and was deported to Babylon in 597 BC. The book of Ezekiel was written during the Babylonian Exile - around 593–571 BC, then Ezekiel died in 571 BC. The Babylonian Exile ended around 538 BC.

Why is it important? Because before the Babylonian Exile, Hebrew was written in the "Paleo-Hebrew script". So, "mark" - the letter tav (the last letter in the alphabet) was written as Cross - |"†"|"+"|"x"|. In the time of Ezekiel, the alphabet had not yet been changed.

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The complete Ancient Hebrew Alphabet - click here (link inside Steam)

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The script began to change during the Exile, and only after the Exile (538 BC) did the new script, closely resembling the modern one - become dominant. The writing of the letter tav also changed, becoming similar to its modern form: "ת".

So, Ezekiel most certainly saw "†" (tav - mark).

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Connection:

Revelation 7:2-3:
2 Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea,
3 saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”

Revelation 9:4:
4 They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

Revelation 22:3-4:
3 And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him.
4 They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads.

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Ezekiel:
"put a mark (†) on the foreheads"
"but do not come near anyone on whom is the mark (†)"

->

Revelation:
"Do not harm the earth ...
till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads"
"His name shall be on their foreheads"

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And what is the most prominent symbol of Christ? - † (Cross).

Acts 4:12:
Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

John 14:6:
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.