Execution of the Idolaters
Then I heard Him call out in a loud voice, saying, “Draw near, O executioners of the city, each with a weapon of destruction in hand.” Isa 6:81Ch 21:152Ki 10:24Amo 3:7-8Ezk 43:6-7Rev 1:10-11Rev 14:7Exo 12:23
And I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand. With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar. Ezk 10:2Lev 16:42Ki 15:35Ezk 10:6-7Rev 15:62Ch 27:32Ch 4:1Exo 27:1-7
Then the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side. Ezk 10:4Ezk 11:22-23Ezk 3:23Ezk 43:2-4Ezk 8:4 “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.” Rev 9:42Co 1:22Rev 14:1Rev 7:2-3Rev 20:42Ti 2:19Eph 4:30Psa 119:136
And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone! Ezk 5:111Ki 18:401Sa 9:15Deu 32:39-42Exo 32:27Ezk 24:14Ezk 7:4Ezk 7:9 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.” Rev 9:4Exo 12:23Jer 25:292Ti 2:191Pe 4:17-18Rev 7:32Ch 36:17Luk 12:47
So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
Then He told them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth!” 2Ch 36:17Ezk 7:20-22Lam 2:4-7Luk 13:1Psa 79:1-3
So they went out and began killing throughout the city.
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?” Ezk 11:131Ch 21:16Ezk 4:14Jos 7:6Num 14:5Num 16:45Amo 7:2-6Deu 9:18
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.’ Ezk 8:12Job 22:132Ch 36:14-16Ezk 7:232Ki 21:16Isa 29:15Jer 2:34Mic 3:1-3 But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.” Ezk 7:4Ezk 11:21Ezk 8:18Isa 65:6Ezk 5:11Hos 9:72Ch 6:23Deu 32:41
Then the man clothed in linen with the writing kit at his side reported back, “I have done as You commanded.” Isa 46:10-11Psa 103:20Rev 16:17Rev 16:2Zec 1:10-11Zec 6:7-8