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.

Then he said to them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain.(A) Go!” So they went out and began killing throughout the city. While they were killing and I was left alone, I fell facedown,(B) crying out, “Alas, Sovereign Lord!(C) Are you going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel in this outpouring of your wrath(D) on Jerusalem?(E)

He answered me, “The sin of the people of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice.(F) They say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land; the Lord does not see.’(G)

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