Ezekiel 9:4-10

English Standard Version

⁴ And the Lord said to him, “Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and ^(A)put a mark on the foreheads of the men who ^(B)sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it.” ⁵ And to ^(C)the others he said in my hearing, “Pass through the city after him, and strike. ^(D)Your eye shall not spare, and you shall show no pity. ^6 (E)Kill old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but ^(F)touch no one on whom is the mark. And ^(G)begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the house. ⁷ Then he said to them, ^(H)“Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out.” So they went out and struck in the city. ⁸ And while they were striking, and I was left alone, ^(I)I fell upon my face, and cried, ^(J)“Ah, Lord God! ^(K)Will you destroy all the remnant of Israel ^(L)in the outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?”

⁹ Then he said to me, ^(M)“The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. ^(N)The land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For ^(O)they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’ ¹⁰ As for me, ^(P)my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; ^(Q)I will bring their deeds upon their heads.”