Ezekiel 9

4 "Pass throughout the city of Jerusalem," the Lord said to him, "and put a mark on the foreheads  * 9:4 Rv 7:2–3; 9:4; 14:1 of the men who sigh and groan  * 9:4 Ps 119:53,136; Jr 13:17 over all the detestable practices committed in it."

5 He spoke to the others in my hearing: "Pass through the city after him and start killing; do not show pity or spare them!  * 9:5 Ezk 5:116 Slaughter the old men, the young men and women, as well as the children and older women,  * 9:6 2Ch 36:17 but do not come near anyone who has the mark.  * 9:6 Rv 9:4 Begin at my sanctuary."  * 9:6 Jr 25:29 So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.