Ezekiel 9:1-2

New Catholic Bible

Chapter 9^[a]

Punishment of the Idolaters. ¹ Then he shouted loudly for me to hear: “The scourges of the city are drawing near, each brandishing his weapon of destruction.” ² Thereupon, I saw six men approaching from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each one with a weapon for slaughter in his hand. Among them was a man clothed in linen,^[b] with the necessary paraphernalia for writing in his hand. They went in and stood beside the bronze altar.