Ezekiel
Chapter 9
1
He cried also in my ears with a loud voice, saying,
"Cause
those who have charge over the city to draw near,
even
every man with his destroying weapon in his hand."
2
And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate,
which
lies toward the north,
and
every man a slaughter weapon in his hand.
And
one man among them was clothed with linen,
with
a writer's inkhorn by his side.
And they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.
3
And the glory of the 'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel
was
gone up from the cherub,
whereupon
he was,
to
the threshold of the house.
And
he called to the man clothed with linen,
which
had the writer's inkhorn by his side.
4
And Jehovah/God 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
who
sigh and who cry for all the abominations
that
be done in the midst thereof."
5
And to the others he said in my hearing,
"Go
you after him through the city, and smite.
Let not your eye spare, neither have you pity. 6
Slay
utterly old and young,
both
maids, 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
who
were before the house.
7
And he said unto them,
"Defile
the house,
and
fill the courts with the slain.
Go you forth".
And they went forth, and slew in the city.
8``
And it came to pass,
while
they were slaying them,
and
I was left,
that
I fell upon my face, and cried, and said,
"Ah
Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah!
Will
You destroy all the residue of Israel
in
Your pouring out of Your 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 perverseness . . .
for
they say, Jehovah/God has forsaken the earth,
and
Jehovah/God sees not. 10
And
as for Me also,
My
eye shall not spare,
neither
will I have pity,
but
I will recompense their Way upon their head."
11
And, behold, the man clothed with linen,
who
had the inkhorn by his side,
reported
the matter, saying,
"I
have done as You have commanded me."
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