Ezekiel 9:4-6

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁴ The Lord said to him, “Go through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a cross mark^[a] on the foreheads of those who moan and lament over the abominations being committed in her.” ⁵ To the others he said in my hearing, “Follow him through the city and strike the people down. Do not let your eye show pity, and do not have compassion. ⁶ Old men and young men, virgins, little children, and women—you are to keep killing until you wipe them out completely. But do not go near anyone who has been marked with the cross. You are to begin at my sanctuary.”

So they began with the old men who were in front of the temple.