Idolaters Killed
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Then He called out in my hearing with a loud voice, saying, "Let those who have charge over the city draw near, each with a deadly weapon in his hand."
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And suddenly six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his battle-ax in his hand. a One man among them was clothed with linen and had a writer's inkhorn at his side. They went in and stood beside the bronze altar.
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Now b the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub, where it had been, to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer's inkhorn at his side;
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and the LORD said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put c a mark on the foreheads of the men d who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it."
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To the others He said in my hearing, "Go after him through the city and e kill; f do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity.
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g "Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but h do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and i begin at My sanctuary." j So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
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Then He said to them, "Defile the temple, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!" And they went out and killed in the city.
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So it was, that while they were killing them, I was left alone; and I k fell on my face and cried out, and said, l "Ah, Lord GOD! Will You destroy all the remnant of Israel in pouring out Your fury on Jerusalem?"
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Then He said to me, "The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and m the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity; for they say, n 'The LORD has forsaken the land, and o the LORD does not see!'
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"And as for Me also, My p eye will neither spare, nor will I have pity, but q I will recompense their deeds on their own head."
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Just then, the man clothed with linen, who had the inkhorn at his side, reported back and said, "I have done as You commanded me."
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Cross References
Leviticus 16:4
He shall put the holy linen tunic and the linen trousers on his body; he shall be girded with a linen sash, and with the linen turban he shall be attired. These are holy garments. Therefore he shall wash his body in water, and put them on.
Ezekiel 10:2
Then He spoke to the man clothed with linen, and said, "Go in among the wheels, under the cherub, fill your hands with coals of fire from among the cherubim, and scatter them over the city." And he went in as I watched.
Revelation 15:6
And out of the temple came the seven angels having the seven plagues, clothed in pure bright linen, and having their chests girded with golden bands.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 3:23
So I arose and went out into the plain, and beh...
Ezekiel 8:4
And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was ...
Ezekiel 10:4
Then the glory of the LORD went up from the che...
Ezekiel 10:18
Then the glory of the LORD departed from the th...
Ezekiel 11:22
So the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the...
Ezekiel 11:23
And the glory of the LORD went up from the mids...
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Cross References
Exodus 12:7
And they shall take some of the blood and put i...
Exodus 12:13
Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the ho...
Ezekiel 9:6
Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and lit...
2 Corinthians 1:22
Who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit ...
2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands...
Revelation 7:2
Then I saw another angel ascending from the eas...
Revelation 7:3
Saying, "Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the...
Revelation 9:4
They were commanded not to harm the grass of th...
Revelation 14:1
Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on M...
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Cross References
Psalms 119:53
Indignation has taken hold of me Because of the...
Psalms 119:136
Rivers of water run down from my eyes, Because ...
Jeremiah 13:17
But if you will not hear it, My soul will weep ...
Ezekiel 6:11
Thus says the Lord GOD: "Pound your fists and s...
Ezekiel 21:6
Sigh therefore, son of man, with a breaking hea...
2 Corinthians 12:21
Lest, when I come again, my God will humble me ...
2 Peter 2:8
(for that righteous man, dwelling among them, t...
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Cross References
Ezekiel 7:9
My eye will not spare, Nor will I have pity; I will repay you according to your ways, And your abominations will be in your midst. Then you shall know that I am the LORD who strikes.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 5:11
Therefore, as I live,' says the Lord GOD, 'surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you; My eye will not spare, nor will I have any pity.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:17
Therefore He brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, on the aged or the weak; He gave them all into his hand.
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Cross References
Exodus 12:23
For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.
Revelation 9:4
They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 25:29
"For behold, I begin to bring calamity on the city which is called by My name, and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished, for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth," says the LORD of hosts.'
Amos 3:2
"You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities."
Luke 12:42
And the Lord said, "Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?
1 Peter 4:17
For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?
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Cross References
Ezekiel 8:11
And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in their midst stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. Each man had a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up.
Ezekiel 8:12
Then He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, 'The LORD does not see us, the LORD has forsaken the land.'
Ezekiel 8:16
So He brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house; and there, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun toward the east.
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Cross References
Numbers 14:5
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
Numbers 16:4
So when Moses heard it, he fell on his face.
Numbers 16:22
Then they fell on their faces, and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and You be angry with all the congregation?
Numbers 16:45
Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment." And they fell on their faces.
Joshua 7:6
Then Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 11:13
Now it happened, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried with a loud voice, and said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?
Amos 7:2 - 6
And so it was, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said: "O Lord GOD, forgive, I pray! Oh, that Jacob may stand, For he is small!
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Cross References
2 Kings 21:16
Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin by which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
Jeremiah 2:34
Also on your skirts is found The blood of the lives of the poor innocents. I have not found it by secret search, But plainly on all these things.
Ezekiel 8:17
And He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence; then they have returned to provoke Me to anger. Indeed they put the branch to their nose.
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Cross References
Job 22:13
And you say, 'What does God know? Can He judge through the deep darkness?
Ezekiel 8:12
Then He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, 'The LORD does not see us, the LORD has forsaken the land.
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Cross References
Psalms 10:11
He has said in his heart, "God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see.
Isaiah 29:15
Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the LORD, And their works are in the dark; They say, "Who sees us?" and, "Who knows us?
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Cross References
Isaiah 65:6
Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silence, but will repay - Even repay into their bosom -
Ezekiel 5:11
Therefore, as I live,' says the Lord GOD, 'surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you; My eye will not spare, nor will I have any pity.
Ezekiel 7:4
My eye will not spare you, Nor will I have pity; But I will repay your ways, And your abominations will be in your midst; Then you shall know that I am the LORD!
Ezekiel 8:18
"Therefore I also will act in fury. My eye will not spare nor will I have pity; and though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them."
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Cross References
Ezekiel 11:21
But as for those whose hearts follow the desire for their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their deeds on their own heads," says the Lord GOD.
Hosea 9:7
The days of punishment have come; The days of recompense have come. Israel knows! The prophet is a fool, The spiritual man is insane, Because of the greatness of your iniquity and great enmity.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.