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

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Ezekiel 9 contains 11 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.