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And he said to them, “Defile the house[a] and fill the courtyards with the dead; go out! And they went out, and they killed in the city. And then[b] as they were striking,[c] and I was left behind, I fell on my face, and I cried out, and I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! “Will you be destroying all of the remnant of Israel while you pour out your rage[d] on Jerusalem?” And he said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly[e] great, and the land is filled with bloodguilt, and the city is full of injustice. For they say Yahweh abandoned the land, and Yahweh does not see.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 9:7 Or “temple”
  2. Ezekiel 9:8 Literally “and it was”
  3. Ezekiel 9:8 Literally “in their striking”
  4. Ezekiel 9:8 Literally “when pouring out your rage”
  5. Ezekiel 9:9 Literally “with very very”
  6. Ezekiel 9:9 Literally “not Yahweh is seeing