Ezekiel 9:7
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Then He told them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth!” So they went out and began killing throughout the city.
In context
5 And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone!
6 Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
7 Then He told them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth!” So they went out and began killing throughout the city.
8 While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”
9 He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’
Ezekiel 9:7 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then He told them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth!” So they went out and began killing throughout the city.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- He said to them, “Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” They went out, and struck in the city.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And they begin among the aged men who [are] before the house, and He saith unto them, 'Defile the house, and fill the courts with the wounded, go forth.' And they have gone forth and have smitten in the city.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.