He also said to them, “(A)Defile the [a]temple and fill the courtyards with the dead. Go out!” So they went out and struck and killed the people in the city. And as they were striking the people and I alone was left, I (B)fell on my face and cried out, [b]saying, “(C)Oh, Lord [c]God! Are You going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel [d]by pouring out Your wrath on Jerusalem?”

Then He said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is (D)filled with blood, and the city is (E)full of perversion; for (F)they say, ‘The Lord has abandoned the land, and the Lord does not see!’

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 9:7 Lit house
  2. Ezekiel 9:8 Lit and said
  3. Ezekiel 9:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  4. Ezekiel 9:8 Lit by Your pouring

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