To the others He said in my [a]hearing, “Go after him through the city and (A)kill;[b] (B)do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity. (C)Utterly[c] slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but (D)do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and (E)begin at My sanctuary.” (F)So they began with the elders who were before the [d]temple. Then He said to them, “Defile the [e]temple, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” And they went out and killed in the city.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 9:5 Lit. ears
  2. Ezekiel 9:5 Lit. strike
  3. Ezekiel 9:6 Lit. Slay to destruction
  4. Ezekiel 9:6 Lit. house
  5. Ezekiel 9:7 Lit. house

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