(A)Kill old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but (B)touch no one on whom is the mark. And (C)begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the house. Then he said to them, (D)“Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out.” So they went out and struck in the city. And while they were striking, and I was left alone, (E)I fell upon my face, and cried, (F)“Ah, Lord God! (G)Will you destroy all the remnant of Israel (H)in the outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?”

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