Do you sigh and cry over the Abominations of the people of our nation?
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Eze 9:4) And Jehovah said to him, Go through in the midst of the city, in the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men who are groaning and are mourning because of all the abominations that are done in her midst.
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Eze 9:5) And He said to those in my hearing, Go over in the city after him, and strike. Let not your eye spare, nor have pity.
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Eze 9:6) Fully destroy old men, young men and virgins, and little children and women. But do not come near any man on whom is the mark. And begin at My sanctuary. And they began at the old men who were before the house.
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Eze 9:7) And He said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out! And they went out and killed in the city.
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Eze 9:8) And it happened as they were slaying them, and I remained, then I fell on my face and cried, and said, Ah Lord Jehovah! Will You destroy all the remnant of Israel in Your pouring out of Your fury on Jerusalem?
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Eze 9:9) And He said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is great, and the land is full of blood, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, Jehovah has forsaken the land; and, Jehovah does not see.
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Eze 9:10) And even I, My eye shall not spare, nor will I have pity, but I will put their way on their head.
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Eze 9:11) And behold, the man clothed with linen, with the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as You have commanded me.