Ezekiel 9:4-11

4The Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a 1mark on the foreheads of the men who 2sigh and groan over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.” 5But to the others He said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity and do not spare. 63Utterly 4slay old men, young men, maidens, little children, and women, but do not 5touch any man on whom is the mark; and you shall 6start from My sanctuary.” So they started with the 7elders who were before the 8temple. 7And He said to them, “9Defile the 10temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” Thus they went out and struck down the people in the city. 8As they were striking the people and I alone was left, I 11fell on my face and cried out 12saying, “13Alas, Lord 14God! Are You destroying the whole remnant of Israel 15by pouring out Your wrath on Jerusalem?”

9Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is 16filled with blood and the city is 17full of perversion; for 18they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see!’ 10But as for Me, 19My eye will have no pity nor will I spare, but 20I will bring their conduct upon their heads.”

11Then behold, the man clothed in linen at whose loins was the 21writing case 22reported, saying, “I have done just as You have commanded me.”