EZEKIEL 9
1 Then he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause ye them that have charge over the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
2 And behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lieth toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side. And they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man clothed in linen, which had the writer’s inkhorn by his side.
4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye through the city after him, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
6 slay utterly the old man, the young man and the maiden, and little children and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.
8 And it came to pass, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wresting of judgment: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way upon their head.
11 And behold, the man clothed in linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.
Cross-references
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- 1Isa 6:8, Rev 1:10–11, Ezk 43:6–7, 1Ch 21:15, 2Ki 10:24, Amo 3:7–8, Rev 14:7, Exo 12:23
- 2Ezk 10:2, Lev 16:4, Rev 15:6, 2Ki 15:35, Ezk 10:6–7, Jer 8:16–17, Jer 26:10, Exo 27:1–7
- 3Ezk 10:4, Ezk 11:22–23, Ezk 3:23, Ezk 43:2–4, Ezk 8:4
- 4Rev 9:4, 2Co 1:22, Rev 14:1, Rev 7:2–3, Rev 20:4, 2Ti 2:19, Eph 4:30, Psa 119:136
- 5Ezk 5:11, Ezk 9:10, Deu 32:39–42, 1Sa 9:15, Num 25:7–8, Ezk 24:14, Isa 22:14, 1Ki 18:40
- 6Rev 9:4, Exo 12:23, Jer 25:29, 2Ti 2:19, 1Pe 4:17–18, Rev 7:3, 2Ch 36:17, Luk 12:47
- 72Ch 36:17, Ezk 7:20–22, Psa 79:1–3, Luk 13:1, Lam 2:4–7
- 8Ezk 11:13, Num 14:5, Ezk 4:14, 1Ch 21:16, Jos 7:6, Num 16:45, Jer 4:10, Num 16:4
- 9Ezk 8:12, Job 22:13, Ezk 7:23, 2Ch 36:14–16, 2Ki 21:16, Psa 10:11, Psa 94:7, Mic 3:1–3
- 10Ezk 7:4, Isa 65:6, Ezk 8:18, Ezk 11:21, Ezk 5:11, Hos 9:7, Ezk 7:8–9, Jol 3:4
- 11Rev 16:17, Zec 1:10–11, Isa 46:10–11, Psa 103:20, Zec 6:7–8, Rev 16:2