Ezekiel 9:3-5

New American Standard Bible 1995

³ Then the ^(A)glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub on which it had been, to the threshold of the ^[a]temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen at whose loins was the writing case. ⁴ The Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a ^(B)mark on the foreheads of the men who ^(C)sigh and groan over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.” ⁵ But to the others He said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity and do not spare.