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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment on the Idolaters</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then I heard him call out in a loud voice, &#8220;Bring near those who are appointed to execute judgment on the city, each with a weapon in his hand.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And I saw six men coming from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with a deadly weapon in his hand. With them was a man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. They came in and stood beside the bronze altar.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.9.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Now the glory of the God of Israel went up from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and said to him, &#8220;Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.9.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">As I listened, he said to the others, &#8220;Follow him through the city and kill, without showing pity or compassion. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Slaughter the old men, the young men and women, the mothers and children, but do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.&#8221; So they began with the old men who were in front of the temple.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.9.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then he said to them, &#8220;Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go!&#8221; So they went out and began killing throughout the city. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">While they were killing and I was left alone, I fell facedown, crying out, &#8220;Alas, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">! Are you going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel in this outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.9.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He answered me, &#8220;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. They say, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has forsaken the land; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> does not see.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So I will not look on them with pity or spare them, but I will bring down on their own heads what they have done.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.9.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then the man in linen with the writing kit at his side brought back word, saying, &#8220;I have done as you commanded.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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