4 “Pass throughout the city of Jerusalem,” the Lord said to him, “and put a mark on the foreheadsj of the men who sigh and groank over all the detestable practices committed in it.”

5 He spoke to the others in my hearing: “Pass through the city after him and start killing; do not show pity or spare them!l 6 Slaughter the old men, the young men and women, as well as the children and older women,m but do not come near anyone who has the mark.n Begin at my sanctuary.”o So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.