| 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. |
| 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: |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
