(A)Utterly[a] slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but (B)do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and (C)begin at My sanctuary.” (D)So they began with the elders who were before the [b]temple. Then He said to them, “Defile the [c]temple, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” And they went out and killed in the city.

So it was, that while they were killing them, I was left alone; and I (E)fell on my face and cried out, and said, (F)“Ah, Lord God! Will You destroy all the remnant of Israel in pouring out Your fury on Jerusalem?”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 9:6 Lit. Slay to destruction
  2. Ezekiel 9:6 Lit. house
  3. Ezekiel 9:7 Lit. house

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