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Ezekiel 9:1–11

Ezekiel 9:1–11

Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.

A. 1–2 Man with inkhorn + six armed men at the bronze altar
- B. 5 do not show pity or spare anyone!
  - C. 6 Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children — begins at My sanctuary
    - D. 7 Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain
  - C'. 8 Response: slaying of the residue; prophet intercedes
- B'. 9–10 I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them
A'. 11 Man with inkhorn reports completion