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And to the others he said in my hearing, “Go through the city behind him and kill! Your eyes shall not take pity, and you shall not have compassion. You must kill totally[a] old man, young man and young woman, and little children and women, but concerning[b] every man with the mark on him[c] you must not approach; and from my sanctuary you must begin.” And they began with the old men who were before[d] the house.[e] And he said to them, “Defile the house[f] and fill the courtyards with the dead; go out! And they went out, and they killed in the city.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 9:6 Literally “to destruction”
  2. Ezekiel 9:6 Literally “upon”
  3. Ezekiel 9:6 Literally “which is on him the mark”
  4. Ezekiel 9:6 Literally “were to the face of”
  5. Ezekiel 9:6 That is, the temple
  6. Ezekiel 9:7 Or “temple”