Ezekiel:9

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* He cried also , in my hearing , with a loud voice , saying : Bring ye near the punishments of the city , every one his weapon of destruction in his hand . * And lo , six men came from the way of the higher gate , which looketh toward the north , every one with his slaughter –weapon in his hand ; and one man among them was clothed with linen , with a writer ’s ink –horn by his side ; and they went in , and stood beside the brazen altar . * And the glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub upon which it was to the threshold of the house ; and he called to the man clothed with linen , who had the writer ’s ink –horn by his side ; * and Jehovah said to 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 wail for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof . * And to the others he said , in my hearing , Go ye after him through the city , and smite ! let not your eyes spare , neither have ye pity ! * The old man , the youth , the virgin , little children and women , slay and destroy ; but come not near any one upon whom is the mark ; and begin at my sanctuary . Then began they at the elders that were before the house . * And he said to them , Pollute the house , and fill the courts with the slain , then go ye forth . And they went forth , and slew in the city . * And while they were smiting them , I alone was left ; and I fell upon my face , and cried , and said , Ah , Lord Jehovah ! wilt thou destroy all the remnant of Israel , while thou pourest out thy fury upon Jerusalem ? * And he said to me : The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great , and the land is full of blood , and the city full of perverseness . For they say , "Jehovah hath forsaken the land "; and , "Jehovah seeth not ." * Therefore mine eye shall not spare , neither will I have pity . Their way will I recompense upon their head . * And lo , the man clothed with linen , who had the ink –horn by his side , returned answer , saying , I have done as thou hast commanded me .

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