1 Then he cried in my 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 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. They went in, and stood beside the brazen
altar. 3 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 Yahweh said
to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and
set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the
abominations that are done in the midst of it. 5 To the others he said in
my hearing, Go you through the city after him, and strike: don't let
your eye spare, neither have you pity; 6 kill utterly the old man,
the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but don't come
near any man on whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began
at the old men that were before the house. 7 He said to them, Defile the
house, and fill the courts with the slain: go you forth. They went
forth, and struck in the city. 8 It happened, while they were smiting, and
I was left, that I fell on my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will
you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath on
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, Yahweh has forsaken the land,
and Yahweh doesn't see. 10 As for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither
will I have pity, but I will bring their way on their head. 11 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.
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