7. “Defile the Temple!” the lord commanded. “Fill its courtyards with corpses. Go!” So they went and began killing throughout the city.
8. While they were out killing, I was all alone. I fell face down on the ground and cried out, “O Sovereign lord! Will your fury against Jerusalem wipe out everyone left in Israel?”
9. Then he said to me, “The sins of the people of Israel and Judah are very, very great. The entire land is full of murder; the city is filled with injustice. They are saying, ‘The lord doesn’t see it! The lord has abandoned the land!’
10. So I will not spare them or have any pity on them. I will fully repay them for all they have done.”
11. Then the man in linen clothing, who carried the writer’s case, reported back and said, “I have done as you commanded.”