Chapter 9
- 9:1
- He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over
the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
- 9:2
- And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north,
and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with
linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen
altar.
- 9:3
- And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the
threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the
writer's inkhorn by his side;
- 9:4
- And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of
Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the
abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
- 9:5
- And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite:
let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
- 9:6
- Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not
near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the
ancient men which were before the house.
- 9:7
- And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye
forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
- 9:8
- And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my
face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy
pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
- 9:9
- Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great,
and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD
hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
- 9:10
- And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will
recompense their way upon their head.
- 9:11
- And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the
matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.