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And Yahweh said to him, “Go through in the midst of the city, in the midst of Jerusalem, and you must place a mark on the foreheads of the men who are groaning and lamenting[a] about all of the detestable things that are being done[b] in the midst of her.” And to the others he said in my hearing, “Go through the city behind him and kill! Your eyes shall not take pity, and you shall not have compassion. You must kill totally[c] old man, young man and young woman, and little children and women, but concerning[d] every man with the mark on him[e] you must not approach; and from my sanctuary you must begin.” And they began with the old men who were before[f] the house.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 9:4 Literally “the men the groaning and the lamenting”
  2. Ezekiel 9:4 Literally “the being done”
  3. Ezekiel 9:6 Literally “to destruction”
  4. Ezekiel 9:6 Literally “upon”
  5. Ezekiel 9:6 Literally “which is on him the mark”
  6. Ezekiel 9:6 Literally “were to the face of”
  7. Ezekiel 9:6 That is, the temple