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.


In Context

4 And the LORD said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst of it.

5 And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:

6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the elderly men who were before the house.

7 And 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.

8 And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?

9 Then said he to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, 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 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 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.