Ezekiel 9:5-7

New English Translation

⁵ While I listened, he said to the others,^[a] “Go through the city after him and strike people down; do not let your eye pity nor spare^[b] anyone! ⁶ Old men, young men, young women, little children, and women—wipe them out! But do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary!” So they began with the elders who were at the front of the temple.

⁷ He said to them, “Defile the temple and fill the courtyards with corpses. Go!” So they went out and struck people down throughout the city.