Ezekiel 9:1-6

1Then He cried out in my 1presence with a loud 2voice, saying, “Come forward, you 3executioners of the city, each with his weapon of destruction in his hand.” 2And behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each with his smashing weapon in his hand; and among them was 4one man clothed in linen with a scribe’s kit at his waist. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.

3Then the 5glory of the God of Israel ascended from the cherub on which it had been, to the threshold of the 6temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen at whose waist was the scribe’s kit. 4And the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and make a 7mark on the foreheads of the people who 8groan and sigh over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.” 5But to the others He said in my 9presence, “Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity and do not spare. 610Utterly 11kill old men, young men, female virgins, little children, and women, but do not 12touch any person on whom is the mark; and you shall 13start from My sanctuary.” So they started with the 14elders who were before the 15temple.