6. Kill old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but touch no one on whom is the mark. And begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the house.
7. Then he said to them, “Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out.” So they went out and struck in the city.
8. And while they were striking, and I was left alone, I fell upon my face, and cried, “Ah, Lord God! Will you destroy all the remnant of Israel in the outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?”
9. Then he said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’
10. As for me, my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; I will bring their deeds upon their heads.”
11. And behold, the man clothed in linen, with the writing case at his waist, brought back word, saying, “I have done as you commanded me.”