Eze 9 | EngLXX | STEP | And he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, The judgment of the city has drawnnear; and each had the weapons of destruction in his hand.

‏ Ezekiel 9

1 And he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, The judgment of the city has drawnnear; and each had the weapons of destruction in his hand. 2 And, behold, six men came from the way of the high gate that looks toward the north, andeach one's axe was in his hand; and there was one man in the midst of them clothed with a long robe downto the feet, and a sapphire girdle was on his loins: and they came in and stood near the brazen altar. 3 And the glory of the God of Israel, that was upon them, went up from the cherubs to theporch of the house. And he called the man that was clothed with the long robe, who had the girdle on hisloins; 4 And said to him, Go through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads ofthe men that groan and that grieve for all the iniquities that are done in the midst of them. 5 And he said to the first in my hearing, Go after him into the city, and strike: and letnot your eyes spare, and have no mercy. 6 Slay utterly old man and youth, and virgin, and infants, and women: but go you⌃ not nearany on whom is the mark: begin at my sanctuary. So they began with the elder men who were within in thehouse. 7 And he said to them, Defile the house, and go out and fill the ways with dead bodies,and strike. 8 And it came to pass as they were striking, that I fell upon my face, and cried out, andsaid, Alas, O Lord! will you destroy the remnant of Israel, in pouring out your wrath upon Jerusalem? 9 Then said he to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Juda is become very exceedinglygreat: for the land is filled with many nations, and the city is filled with iniquity and uncleanness:because they have said, The Lord has forsaken the earth, The Lord looks not uponit. 10 Therefore mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have any mercy: I have recompensedtheir ways upon their heads. 11 And, behold, the man clothed with the long robe, and girded with the girdle about hisloins, answered and said, I have done as you did command me.