¹ And He called in my ears with a great voice, saying, Cause the overseers of the city to come·​·near, and each·​·man^◦ with his destroying weapon^◦ in his hand.

² And, behold, six men^◦ came from the way of the uppermost gate, which faces toward the north, and each·​·man^◦ had a weapon^◦ for shattering in his hand; and one man^◦ in their midst was clothed with linen, with an inkstand of the scribe by his loins; and they came·​·in, and stood beside the bronze altar.

³ And the glory of the God of Israel had·​·gone·​·up from upon the cherub, where^▵ He was, to^▵ the threshold of the house. And He called to^▵ the man^◦ clothed with linen, which had the scribe’s inkstand by his loins;

⁴ and Jehovah said unto^▵ him, Pass·​·through the midst of the city, in the midst of Jerusalem, and mark a mark upon the foreheads of the men^◦ that sigh and that groan^◦ for^▵ all the abominations that be done in the midst.

⁵ And to these He said in my ears, Pass·​·through the city after him, and smite; let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:

⁶ kill to destruction the elder, the young·​·man, and the virgin, and the infant, and women; but approach not every man^◦ on whom is the mark; and begin from My sanctuary. And they began with the old men^◦ which were before the house.

⁷ And He said unto^▵ them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain; go· ye ·out. And they went·​·forth, and smote in the city.

⁸ And it was, that they were smiting them, and I^◦ was·​·left, and I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Alas Lord Jehovih^*! art Thou^◦ destroying all that·​·is·​·left of Israel in Thy spilling·​·out of Thy fury upon Jerusalem?

⁹ And He said to^▵ me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very very great, and the land is·​·full of bloods^*, and the city is·​·full of distortion^◦*; for they say, Jehovah has forsaken the earth, and Jehovah sees not^◦.

¹⁰ And as for Me^◦ also, My eye shall not spare, neither will I have·​·pity, but I will give their way upon^◦ their head.

¹¹ And, behold, the man^◦ clothed with linen, which had the inkstand by his loins, returned the word, saying, I have done as^◦ Thou hast commanded me.

⁷ And the first animal was like a lion, and the second animal like a calf, and the third animal having a face as a man, and the fourth animal was like a flying eagle.