Ezekiel 9:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And they begin among the aged men who <FI>are<Fi> 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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 9:7 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 36:17So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
- Psalms 79:1The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
- Lamentations 2:4He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.
- Lamentations 2:20Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
- Ezekiel 7:20His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.
- Luke 13:1At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
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