Ezek 9
1
Then he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause you them that have charge
over the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
2
And behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lies toward the north,
every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in the midst of them
clothed in linen, with a writer`s inkhorn by his side. And they went in, and stood
beside the brazen altar.
3
And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was,
to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had
the writer`s inkhorn by his side.
4
And YHWH said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem,
and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations
that are done in its midst.
5
And to the others he said in my hearing, Go you through the city after him, and smite:
let not your eye spare, neither have you pity;
6
slay utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women;
but come not near any man upon whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they
began at the old men that were before the house.
7
And he said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go you
forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.
8
And it came to pass, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell upon my
face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord YHWH! will you destroy all the residue of Israel
in your pouring out of your anger upon Jerusalem?
9
Then said he to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great,
and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wrestling [of judgment]: for they
say, YHWH has forsaken the land, and YHWH sees not.
10
And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will
bring their way upon their head.
11
And behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported the
matter, saying, I have done as you have commanded me.