(1) Then He called out in my hearing with a loud
voice, saying, "Let those who have charge over the city draw near, each
with a deadly weapon in his hand." (2) And suddenly six men came from the
direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his battle-ax in his
hand. One man among them
was clothed with linen and had a writer's
inkhorn at his side. They went in and stood beside the bronze altar. (3) Now the
glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub, where it had been, to
the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed with linen, who
had the writer's inkhorn at his side; (4) and the LORD said to him, "Go
through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on
the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are
done within it." (5) To the others He said in my hearing, "Go after him through
the city and kill; do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity. (6) Utterly
slay old
and young men, maidens and little children and women; but do not
come near anyone on whom
is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary." So they
began with the elders who
were before the temple. (7) Then He said to
them, "Defile the temple, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!" And they
went out and killed in the city. (8) So it was, that while they were killing
them, I was left
alone; and I fell on my face and cried out, and said,
"Ah, Lord GOD! Will You destroy all the remnant of Israel in pouring out Your
fury on Jerusalem?"
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