Ezekiel 9:2-4

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² Six men appeared at his call, coming from the upper north gate, each one with his sword. One of them wore linen clothing and carried a writer’s case strapped to his side. They all went into the Temple and stood beside the bronze altar. ³ And the glory of the God of Israel rose from between the Guardian Angels where it had rested and stood above the entrance to^[a] the Temple.

And the Lord called to the man with the writer’s case ⁴ and said to him, “Walk through the streets of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who weep and sigh because of all the sins they see around them.”