Ezekiel 9

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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. 

God told Ezekiel to get the police soldiers/ guards to gather and bring weapons.




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. 

Ezekiel obeyed God and six men with one other dressed in linen with an inkhorn by his side: and they all went to the temple and stood beside the altar.

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; 

God moved to the doorstep and called the man with linen clothing and the container of ink by his side;

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. 

God told the man to go throughout Jerusalem and find those who hate the evil in that place and place a mark on their foreheads.

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:

Then God told the others who were with him to go behind him and kill and not stop because of their crying and not pity anyone of them.

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. 

God said start at My house and kill old, young, single women, little children, and women: but do not touch those who have the mark on their forehead.

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. 

God said to defile the house and fill the surrounding houses with dead bodies.  And the men obeyed God.

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? 



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. 

My people are filled with iniquity and they say, I have left the earth and I do not see what they are doing.

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

As for me, I will make sure every wrongdoer pays for the wrong they have done and I will not feel sorry for what will happen to them.



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.

The man with the inkhorn told God he finished the assignment given to him.  It seems it did not take him long to complete his assignment.





 

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