“To the others he said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him, and strike. Don’t let your eye spare, neither have pity.”
Ezekiel 9:5 (WEB)
Context Reading
3The glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house; and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer’s inkhorn by his side. 4Yahweh said to him, “Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done within it.” 5To the others he said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him, and strike. Don’t let your eye spare, neither have pity. 6Kill utterly the old man, the young man, the virgin, little children and women; but don’t come near any man on whom is the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.” Then they began at the old men who were before the house. 7He said to them, “Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” They went out, and struck in the city.