And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain, then go forth: and they went out and slew them in the city.

Now when they had slain them, and I had escaped, I fell down upon my face, and cried, saying, [a]Ah Lord God, wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel, in pouring out thy wrath upon Jerusalem?

Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel, and Judah is exceeding great, so that the land is full of [b]blood, and the city full of corrupt judgment: for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth us not.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 9:8 This declareth that the servants of God have a compassion, when they see his judgments executed.
  2. Ezekiel 9:9 That is, with all kinds of wickedness, read Isa. 1:15.

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