🔥WEB · Ezekiel 9:8
What does Ezekiel 9:8 mean?
"While they were killing, and I was left, I fell on my face, and cried, and said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! Will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath on Jerusalem?”"
— Ezekiel 9:8 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
To the others he said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him, and strike. Don’t let your eye spare, neither have pity.
Kill utterly the old man, the young man, the virgin, little children and women; but don’t come near any man on whom is the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.” Then they began at the old men who were before the house.
He said to them, “Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” They went out, and struck in the city.
While they were killing, and I was left, I fell on my face, and cried, and said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! Will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath on Jerusalem?”
Then he said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perversion; for they say, ‘Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh doesn’t see.’
As for me also, my eye won’t spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way on their head.”
Behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, “I have done as you have commanded me.”
A full explanation for this verse is coming soon. In the meantime, you can ask our AI about Ezekiel 9:8 directly — it will give you a detailed answer grounded in the actual text.
Compare translations
Go deeper with ScriptureCompanion AI
Ask questions about any verse, follow reading plans, write personal prayers, and track your daily habit — all grounded in verified scripture text.