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Chapter 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.
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| 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. |
| 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; |
| 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. |
| 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: |
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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. |
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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. |
| 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
| 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. |
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| And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither
will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head. |
| 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. |
