Eze 9 | NASB2020 | STEP | Then He cried out in my presence with a loud voice , saying , “ Come forward , you executioners of the city , each with his weapon of destruction in his hand .”

Ezekiel 9

The Vision of Slaughter

1 Then He cried out in my ^{▼▼Lit ears}presence with a loud ^bvoice, saying, “Come forward, you ^{▼▼Lit punishers}executioners of the city, each with his weapon of destruction in his hand.” 2 And behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each with his smashing weapon in his hand; and among them was ^done man clothed in linen with a scribe’s kit at his waist. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.

3 Then the ^eglory of the God of Israel ascended 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 waist was the scribe’s kit. 4 And the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and make a ^gmark on the foreheads of the people who ^hgroan and sigh over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.” 5 But to the others He said in my ^{▼▼Lit ears}presence, “Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity and do not spare. 6 ^{▼▼Lit To destruction}Utterly ^kkill old men, young men, female virgins, little children, and women, but do not ^ltouch any person on whom is the mark; and you shall ^mstart from My sanctuary.” So they started with the ^{▼▼Or old men}elders who were before the ^{▼▼Lit house}temple. 7 He also said to them, “ ^pDefile the ^{▼▼Lit house}temple and fill the courtyards with the dead. Go out!” So they went out and struck and killed the people in the city. 8 And as they were striking the people and I alone was left, I ^rfell on my face and cried out, ^{▼▼Lit and said}saying, “ ^tOh, Lord ^{▼▼Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God! Are You going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel ^{▼▼Lit by Your pouring}by pouring out Your wrath on Jerusalem?”

9 Then He said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is ^wfilled with blood, and the city is ^xfull of perversion; for ^ythey say, ‘The Lord has abandoned the land, and the Lord does not see!’ 10 But as for Me, ^zMy eye will have no pity nor will I spare, but ^aaI will bring their conduct upon their heads.”

11 Then behold, the man clothed in linen, at whose waist was the scribe’s kit, ^{▼▼Lit brought back word}reported, saying, “I have done just as You have commanded me.”