Ezekiel 9:4–11

⁴Yahweh said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a ^amark on the foreheads of the men who ^bsigh and groan over all the abominations which are being done in its midst.”

⁵But to the others He said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity and do not spare.

⁶“^aKill to utter destruction old men, chosen men, virgins, little ones, and women, but do not ^btouch any man on whom is the mark; and you shall ^cstart from My sanctuary.” So they started with the ¹elders who were before the house.

⁷And He said to them, “^aDefile the house and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” Thus they went out and struck down the people in the city.

⁸Now it happened as they were striking the people and I alone remained, that I ^afell on my face and cried out and said, “^bAlas, Lord Yahweh! Are You destroying the whole remnant of Israel ¹by pouring out Your wrath on Jerusalem?”

⁹Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is ^afilled with bloodshed, and the city is ^bfull of perversion; for ^cthey say, ‘Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh does not see!’

¹⁰“But as for Me, ^aMy eye will have no pity, nor will I spare, but ^bI will put their way upon their heads.”

¹¹Then behold, the man clothed in linen at whose loins was the scribe’s ¹case responded with a word, saying, “I have done just as You have commanded me.”