that they do.
[14] Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house which was toward the
north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
[15] Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen
this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
[16] And
he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the
temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
[17]
Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that
they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and
have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
[18] Therefore will I also
deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a
loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
Ezek.9
[1] He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to
draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
[2] And, behold, six men came from
the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and
one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and
stood beside the brasen altar.
[3] And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon
he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's
inkhorn by his side;
[4] And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst
of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations
that be done in the midst thereof.
[5] And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through
the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
[6] Slay utterly old and young, both maids,
and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my
sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
[7] And he said unto them,
Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
[8]
And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried,
and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon
Jerusalem?
[9] Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great,
and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the
earth, and the LORD seeth not.
[10] And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity,
but I will recompense their way upon their head.
[11] And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had
the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.
Ezek.10
[1] Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared
over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
[2] And he spake
unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill
thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in
in my sight.
[3] Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the
cloud filled the inner court.
[4] Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the
threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness
of the LORD's glory.
[5] And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the
voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.
[6] And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the
man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then
he went in, and stood beside the wheels.
[7] And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the
cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of
him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out.
[8] And there appeared in the cherubims the
form of a man's hand under their wings.
[9] And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims,
one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was
as the colour of a beryl stone.
[10] And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel
had been in the midst of a wheel.
[11] When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not