1He shouted in my ears, "Yo, tell the squad in charge of the city to roll up, every dude with their weapon ready to go."

2And, for real, six guys showed up from the higher gate up north, all packing heat; one dude was dripped in linen with a writer’s inkhorn chillin' by his side. They walked in and stood by the brass altar.

3The glory of the God of Israel lifted from the cherub, where he was, to the house's threshold. He called out to the dude in linen with the inkhorn.

4The Lord told him, "Slide through the city, especially Jerusalem, and mark those who are vibing hard and crying over all the wild stuff happening."

5To the others, He said loud enough for me to hear, "Follow him through the city and take 'em out: no mercy, no cap."

6"Wipe out everyone, old and young, girls and kids, and women: but don’t touch anyone with the mark; start at my sanctuary." They kicked things off with the old heads in front of the house.

7He told them, "Mess up the house and fill the courts with the fallen: go hard." And they went out and wrecked the city.

8While they were taking them out and I was left, I fell on my face and cried, "Ah Lord God! You really gonna wipe out all of Israel while pouring out your wrath on Jerusalem?"

9Then He said to me, "The sin of Israel and Judah is off the charts, the land's soaked in blood, and the city is wild: they say, 'The Lord has ghosted the earth, and He doesn't see us.'"

10"As for me, my eye won’t hold back, no pity for them; I’ll make sure their actions come back to them."

11And, for real, the dude in linen with the inkhorn said, "I’ve done what you told me to do."

1He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.

2And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.

3And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer’s inkhorn by his side;

4And the Lord said unto 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 be done in the midst thereof.

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

6Slay 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 ancient men which were before the house.

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.

8And 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?

9Then said he unto 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.

10And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.

11And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.