7 Then He said to them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go! ” So they went out killing people in the city.
8 While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord God! Are You going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem? ”
9 He answered me: “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity. For they say, ‘The Lord has abandoned the land; He does not see.’
10 But as for Me, I will not show pity or spare them. I will bring their actions down on their own heads.”
11 Then the man clothed in linen with the writing equipment at his side reported back, “I have done as You commanded me.”