7And he said to them: Defile the house, and ill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew them that were in the city.


In Context

4 And the Lord said to him: Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem: and 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 eyes 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 mere before the house.

7 And he said to them: Defile the house, and ill 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 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.

Ezekiel 9:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:7And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Then he said to them, "Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go!" So they went out and began killing throughout the city.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:7And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:7And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7And he said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7He said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth! They went forth, and struck in the city.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7And they begin among the aged men who are 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:7And he said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go you forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.