- Slaughter old men, young men and maidens, women and children, but do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.
- Then he said to them, "Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go!" So they went out and began killing throughout the city.
- While they were killing and I was left alone, I fell facedown, crying out, "Ah, Sovereign LORD! Are you going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel in this outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?"
- He answered me, "The sin of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice. They say, 'The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.'
- 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."
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- 要將年老的、年少的、並處女、嬰孩、和婦女、從聖所起全都殺盡、只是凡有記號的人不要挨近他.於是他們從殿前的長老殺起。
- 他對他們說、要污穢這殿、使院中充滿被殺的人、你們出去罷.他們就出去、在城中擊殺。
- 他們擊殺的時候、我被留下、我就俯伏在地、說、哎、主耶和華阿、你將忿怒傾在耶路撒冷、豈要將以色列所剩下的人都滅絕麼。
- 他對我說、以色列家和猶大家的罪孽、極其重大、遍地有流血的事、滿城有冤屈、因為他們說、耶和華已經離棄這地、他看不見我們.
- 故此、我眼必不顧惜、也不可憐他們、要照他們所行的報應在他們頭上。
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