Ezekiel 9:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ Then the glory of the God of Israel [^Chis manifest presence] went up from above the ·creatures with wings [^Lcherubim], where it had been, to the place in the ·Temple where the door opened [^Lthreshold of the house]. He called to the man dressed in linen who had the writing case at his side. ⁴ The Lord said to the man, “Go through Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who groan and cry about all the ·hateful [detestable; abominable] things being done among them [Rev. 3:12; 7:3; 9:4; 14:1; 22:4].”

⁵ As I listened, he said to the other men, “Go through the city behind the man dressed in linen and ·kill [strike]. Don’t [^Llet your eye] pity anyone, and don’t ·show mercy [spare them].