Ezekiel 9:5–7

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. 7 Then he said to them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain.p Go!” So they went out killing people in the city.