Ezekiel 9:3-5

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³ And the glory of the God of Israel rose from between the Guardian Angels where it had rested and stood above the entrance to^[a] the Temple.

And the Lord called to the man with the writer’s case ⁴ and said to him, “Walk through the streets of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who weep and sigh because of all the sins they see around them.”

⁵ Then I heard the Lord tell the other men: “Follow him through the city and kill everyone whose forehead isn’t marked. Spare not nor pity them—