Eze 9 | NASB1995 | STEP | Then He cried out in my hearing with a loud voice saying , “ Draw near , O executioners of the city , each with his destroying weapon in his hand .”

Ezekiel 9

The Vision of Slaughter

1 Then He cried out in my hearing with a loud ^avoice saying, “Draw near, ^{▼▼ Lit you who punish}O executioners of the city, each with his destroying weapon in his hand.” 2 Behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each with his shattering weapon in his hand; and among them was ^ca certain man clothed in linen with a ^{▼▼ Or scribal inkhorn}writing case at his loins. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.

3 Then the ^eglory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub on which it had been, to the threshold of the ^{▼▼ Lit house}temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen at whose loins was the writing case. 4 The Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a ^gmark on the foreheads of the men who ^hsigh and groan over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.” 5 But to the others He said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity and do not spare. 6 ^{▼▼ Lit To destruction}“Utterly ^jslay old men, young men, maidens, little children, and women, but do not ^ktouch any man on whom is the mark; and you shall ^lstart from My sanctuary.” So they started with the ^{▼▼ Or old men}elders who were before the ^{▼▼ Lit house}temple. 7 And He said to them, ^o“Defile the ^{▼▼ Lit house}temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” Thus they went out and struck down the people in the city. 8 As they were striking the people and I alone was left, I ^qfell on my face and cried out ^{▼▼ Lit and said}saying, ^s“Alas, Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God! Are You destroying the whole remnant of Israel ^{▼▼ Lit by Your pouring}by pouring out Your wrath on Jerusalem?”

9 Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is ^vfilled with blood and the city is ^wfull of perversion; for ^xthey say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see!’ 10 “But as for Me, ^yMy eye will have no pity nor will I spare, but ^zI will bring their conduct upon their heads.”

11 Then behold, the man clothed in linen at whose loins was the ^{▼▼ Or inkhorn}writing case ^{▼▼ Lit brought back word}reported, saying, “I have done just as You have commanded me.”