CHAP. IX.
All are ordered to be destroyed
that are not marked in
their foreheads. God will
not be intreated for them.
1 And he cried in my ears
with a loud voice, saying:
The visitations of the city
are at hand, and every one
hath a destroying weapon in
his hand.
2 And behold six men came
from the way of the upper
gate, which looketh to the
north: and each one had his
weapon of destruction in his
hand: and there was one man
in the midst of them clothed
with linen, with a writer's
inkhorn at his reins: and they
went in, and stood by the
brazen altar.
3 And the glory of the
Lord of Israel went up from
the cherubim, upon which he
was, to the threshold of the
house: and he called to the
man, that was clothed with
linen, and had a writer's inkhorn
at his loins.
4 And the Lord said to
him: Go through the midst
of the city, through the midst
of Jerusalem: and note mark
Thau upon the foreheads of
the men that sigh, and mourn
for all the abominations that
are committed in the midst
thereof.
5 And to the others he said
in my hearing: Go ye after
him through the city, and
strike: let not your eye spare,
nor be ye moved with pity.
6 Utterly destroy old and
young, maidens, children and
women: but upon whomsoever
you shall see Thau, kill
him not, and begin ye at my
sanctuary. So they began at
the ancient men, who were
before the house.
7 And he said to them:
Defile the house, and fill the
courts with the slain: go ye
forth. And they went forth,
and slew them that were in the
city.
8 And the slaughter being
ended I was left: and I fell
upon my face, and crying,
I said: Alas, alas, alas, O
Lord God, wilt thou then destroy
all the remnant of Israel,
by pouring out thy fury upon
Jerusalem?
9 And he said to me: The
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iniquity of the house of Israel,
and of Juda is exceeding
great, and the land is filled
with blood, and the city is
filled with perverseness: for
they have said: The Lord
hath forsaken the earth, and
the Lord seeth not.
10 Therefore neither shall
my eye spare, nor will I have
pity: I will requite their way
upon their head.
11 And behold the man,
that was clothed with linen,
that had the inkhorn at his
back, returned the word, saying:
I have done as thou hast
commanded me.
Challoner [1752], THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated out of the Latin Vulgat Diligently compared with the original Greek And first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. WITH ANNOTATIONS For clearing up modern Controversies in Religion, and other Difficulties of Holy Writ () [word count] [B12000].
