Ezekiel 9:6-8

New Catholic Bible

⁶ Cut down old men, young men and maidens, small children and women, but touch no one who is marked on the forehead with a cross. Begin at my sanctuary.” And so they began with the elders who were in front of the temple. ⁷ Then he said to them: “Defile the temple and fill the courtyards with the slain.” Then they went forth and killed their way through the city.

⁸ While they continued with their mission of slaying, I was left alone. Throwing myself on the ground, I cried out, “Ah, Lord God, will you annihilate all that is left of Israel by pouring out your wrath on Jerusalem?”