Ezekiel 9:4-6

Expanded Bible

⁴ The Lord said to the man, “Go through Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who groan and cry about all the ·hateful [detestable; abominable] things being done among them [Rev. 3:12; 7:3; 9:4; 14:1; 22:4].”

⁵ As I listened, he said to the other men, “Go through the city behind the man dressed in linen and ·kill [strike]. Don’t [^Llet your eye] pity anyone, and don’t ·show mercy [spare them]. ⁶ Kill and destroy old men, young men and ·women [virgins], little children, and older women, but don’t touch any who have the mark on them. Start at my ·Temple [sanctuary].” So they started with the ·elders [or old men] who were in front of the ·Temple [^Lhouse].