Ezekiel 9:5-7

New International Reader's Version

⁵ I heard him speak to the six men. He said, “Follow him through the city. Do not show any pity or concern. ⁶ Kill the old men and women, the young men and women, and the children. But do not touch anyone who has the mark. Start at my temple.” So they began with the old men who were in front of the temple.

⁷ Then he said to the men, “Make the temple ‘unclean.’ Fill the courtyards with dead bodies. Go!” So they went out and started killing people all through the city.