{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/ezekiel/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-28T19:25:27.200Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Ezekiel","bookSlug":"ezekiel","chapter":9,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":8,"nextChapter":10,"totalChapters":48,"totalVerses":11},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause those who are in charge of the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lies toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side. They went in, and stood beside the bronze altar."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer's inkhorn by his side."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in its midst."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"To the others he said in my hearing, Go through the city after him, and strike: don't let your eye spare, neither have pity;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"kill utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but don't come near any man on whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth! They went forth, and struck in the city."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"It happened, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell on my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath on Jerusalem?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Then he said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perversion: for they say, Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh doesn't see."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"As for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way on their head."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as you have commanded me."}],"citation":{"inline":"Ezekiel 9 (WEB)","markdown":"[Ezekiel 9](https://primebible.com/web/ezekiel/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/ezekiel/9 (accessed 2026-05-28)."}}