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


In Context

4 Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in its midst.

5 To the others he said in my hearing, Go through the city after him, and strike: don't let your eye spare, neither have pity;

6 kill utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but don't come near any man on whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.

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

8 It happened, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell on my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath on Jerusalem?

9 Then he said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perversion: for they say, Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh doesn't 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 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 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 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.