Ezekiel 9:4–11

⁴And Yahweh said to him, “Go through in the midst of the city, in the midst of Jerusalem, and you must place a mark on the foreheads of the men who are groaning and lamenting^j about all of the detestable things that are being done^k in the midst of her.” ⁵And to the others he said in my hearing, “Go through the city behind him and kill! Your eyes shall not take pity, and you shall not have compassion. ⁶You must kill totally^l old man, young man and young woman, and little children and women, but concerning^m every man with the mark on himⁿ you must not approach; and from my sanctuary you must begin.” And they began with the old men who were before^o the house.^{p 7}And he said to them, “Defile the house^q and fill the courtyards with the dead; go out! And they went out, and they killed in the city. ⁸And then^r as they were striking,^s and I was left behind, I fell on my face, and I cried out, and I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! “Will you be destroying all of the remnant of Israel while you pour out your rage^t on Jerusalem?” ⁹And he said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly^u great, and the land is filled with bloodguilt, and the city is full of injustice. For they say Yahweh abandoned the land, and Yahweh does not see.^{v 10}And I, my eye will not take pity, and I will not have compassion; their way I will bring on their head.” ¹¹And look! The man clothed in linen and with a writing case at his side^w was bringing back a word, saying,^x “I have done all that you commanded me.”