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The death of people who worship idols

I heard the Lord shout loudly, ‘Bring here the men who will punish the people of this city! Tell the guards to bring their weapons with them.’ Then I looked and I saw six men. They were coming from the higher gate that is on the north side of the temple. Each man carried his weapon and he was ready to kill. A man who was wearing white linen clothes was among them. At his side he had a small box with pens in it. They came in and they stood next to the bronze altar.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 9:2 The bronze altar was where the priests burned sacrifices to offer to God. See 2 Kings 16:14.