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Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice,
saying, Cause you
them that have charge over the city to draw near, every man with his
destroying weapon in his hand. 2
Behold, six men came from the way of the upper
gate, which lies 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. They went in, and stood beside the brazen
altar. 3 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,
who had the writer’s inkhorn by his side. 4
Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the
city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of
the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in
the midst of it. 5 To
the others he said in my hearing, Go you
through the city after him, and strike: don’t let your eye spare,
neither have you
pity; 6 kill
utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and
women; but don’t come near any man on whom is the mark: and begin at my
sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house. 7
He said to them, Defile the house, and fill the
courts with the slain: go you
forth. They went forth, and struck in the city. 8
It happened, while they were smiting, and I was
left, that I fell on my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will
you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath on
Jerusalem? 9 Then
said he to 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 wrestling of
judgment: for they say, Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh
doesn’t see. 10 As
for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will
bring their way on their head. 11
Behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the
inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as you have
commanded me.
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