Ezekiel 9:6-8

Expanded Bible

⁶ Kill and destroy old men, young men and ·women [virgins], little children, and older women, but don’t touch any who have the mark on them. Start at my ·Temple [sanctuary].” So they started with the ·elders [or old men] who were in front of the ·Temple [^Lhouse].

⁷ Then he said to the men, “·Make the Temple unclean [Defile the temple; ^Critually], and fill the courtyards with ·those who have been killed [the slain]. Go out!” So the men went out and killed the people in the city. ⁸ While they were ·killing the people [striking them down], I was left alone. I bowed facedown on the ground and I cried out, “Oh, Lord God! Will you destroy ·everyone left alive in [the whole remnant of] Israel when you ·turn loose your anger [pour out your wrath] on Jerusalem?”