² And suddenly six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his ^[a]battle-ax in his hand. ^(A)One man among them was clothed with linen and had a writer’s inkhorn ^[b]at his side. They went in and stood beside the bronze altar.

^2 (A)Then He spoke to the man clothed with linen, and said, “Go in among the wheels, under the cherub, fill your hands with ^(B)coals of fire from among the cherubim, and ^(C)scatter them over the city.” And he went in as I watched.