5 To the others He said in my1 hearing, “Go after him through the city and akill; bdo not let your eye spare, nor have any pity.
6 aUtterly slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but bdo not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and cbegin at My sanctuary.” dSo they began with the elders who were before the2 temple.
7 Then He said to them, “Defile the1 temple, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” And they went out and killed in the city.
8 So it was, that while they were killing them, I was left alone; and I afell on my face and cried out, and said, b“Ah, Lord God! Will You destroy all the remnant of Israel in pouring out Your fury on Jerusalem?”
9 Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and athe land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity; for they say, b‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and cthe Lord does not see!’
10 And as for Me also, My aeye will neither spare, nor will I have pity, but bI will recompense their deeds on their own head.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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