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.


In Context

4 and said to him, "Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it."

5 As I listened, he said to the others, "Follow him through the city and kill, without showing pity or compassion.

6 Slaughter old men, young men and maidens, women and children, but do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

7 Then 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.

8 While they were killing and I was left alone, I fell facedown, crying out, "Ah, Sovereign LORD ! Are you going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel in this outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?"

9 He answered me, "The sin of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice. They say, 'The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.'

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:7And 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.

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.