Dual Panel1Then he shouted <01419> <06963> <07121> in my ears <0241>, “Approach <07126>, you who are to visit destruction <06486> on the city <05892>, each <0376> with his destructive <04892> weapon <03627> in his hand <03027>!”
2Next, I noticed <02009> six <08337> men <0376> coming <0935> from the direction <01870> of the upper <05945> gate <08179> which <0834> faces <06437> north <06828>, each <0376> with his war <04660> club <03627> in his hand <03027>. Among <08432> them was a man <0376> dressed <03847> in linen <0906> with a writing <05608> kit <07083> at his side <04975>. They came <0935> and stood <05975> beside <0681> the bronze <05178> altar <04196>.
3Then the glory <03519> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478> went up <05927> from <05921> the cherub <03742> where <0834> it had rested <01961> to <0413> the threshold <04670> of the temple <01004>. He called <07121> to <0413> the man <0376> dressed <03847> in linen <0906> who <0834> had the writing kit <07083> at his side <04975>.
4The Lord <03069> said <0559> to <0413> him, “Go <05674> through <08432> the city <05892> of Jerusalem <03389> and put <08427> a mark <08420> on <05921> the foreheads <04696> of the people <0582> who moan <0584> and groan <0602> over <05921> all <03605> the abominations <08441> practiced <06213> in it <08432>.”
5While I listened <0241>, he said <0559> to the others <0428>, “Go through <05674> the city <05892> after <0310> him and strike <05221> people down <05221>; do no <0408> let your eye <05869> pity nor <0408> spare <02550> anyone!
6Old men <02205>, young men <0970>, young women <01330>, little children <02945>, and women <0802>– wipe <04889> <02026> them out <04889> <02026>! But do not <0408> touch <05066> anyone <0376> <03605> who has <0834> the mark <08420>. Begin <02490> at my sanctuary <04720>!” So they began <02490> with the elders <02205> <0376> who <0834> were at the front <06440> of the temple <01004>.
7He said <0559> to <0413> them, “Defile <02930> the temple <01004> and fill <04390> the courtyards <02691> with corpses <02491>. Go <03318>!” So they went out <03318> and struck <05221> people down <05221> throughout the city <05892>.
8While they were <01961> striking <05221> them down <05221>, I was left <07604> alone, and I <0589> threw <05307> myself face <06440> down <05307> and cried out <02199>, “Ah <0162>, sovereign <0136> Lord <03069>! Will you <0859> destroy <07843> the entire <03605> remnant <07611> of Israel <03478> when you pour out <08210> your fury <02534> on <05921> Jerusalem <03389>?”
9He said <0559> to <0413> me, “The sin <05771> of the house <01004> of Israel <03478> and Judah <03063> is extremely <03966> great <01419>; the land <0776> is full <04390> of murder <01818>, and the city <05892> is full <04390> of corruption <04297>, for <03588> they say <0559>, ‘The Lord <03068> has abandoned <05800> the land <0776>, and the Lord <03068> does not <0369> see <07200>!’
10But as <01571> for me <0589>, my eye <05869> will not <03808> pity <02347> them nor <03808> will I spare <02550> them; I hereby repay <05414> them for what they have done.”
11Next I noticed <02009> the man <0376> dressed <03830> in linen <0906> with the writing kit <07083> at his side <04975> bringing back <07725> word <01697>: “I have done <06213> just as <0834> you commanded <06680> me.”