9 Then I heard Yahweh call out with a loud voice, saying, “Guards, come up to the city, and each one is to bring his destructive weapon.” 2 Then wow, six men came out from the pathway from the upper gate that faces north, each carrying his weapon of slaughter. There was a man among them dressed in linen with writing equipment at his side. Then they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.

3 Then the bright light representing Yisrael’s god went from the winged creature, where it had been, up to the threshold of the temple. Yahweh called to the man dressed in linen who had the writing equipment at his side. 4 Yahweh told him, “Go through the middle of Yerushalem City, and make a mark on the foreheads of those who complain and despair about all the disgusting things being done there in the middle of the city.”[ref]

5 Then he spoke to the others within my hearing, “Go through the city after him and kill. Don’t let yourselves have compassion, and don’t show any pity. 6 Slaughter all the old men, young adults, little children, and women, but don’t approach anyone who has the mark on their head. Begin at my sacred place.” So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

7 Yahweh told them, “Defile the temple, and fill its courtyards with the corpses. Now go.” So they went out and started attacking the city.

8 As they were attacking it, I found myself alone, and I fell to my knees with my head bowed down to the ground, and cried out, and said, “Ah, master Yahweh, will you destroy the entire remnant of Yisrael by pouring out your rage on Yerushalem?”

9 “The disobedience of the people of Yisrael and Yehudah has been extremely bad,” he answered. “The land is full of blood, and the city full of perversions, since they say, ‘Yahweh has forgotten this country,’ and ‘Yahweh won’t take any notice.’ 10 So then, I won’t show compassion, and I won’t spare them, rather I’ll bring it all on their heads.”

11 Then wow, the man dressed in linen who had the writing equipment by his side came back to report, saying, “I’ve done everything you commanded.”