While I listened, he said to the others, “Go through the city after him and strike people down; do no let your eye pity nor spare anyone!

Say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Realize I am about to desecrate my sanctuary – the source of your confident pride, the object in which your eyes delight, and your life’s passion. Your very own sons and daughters whom you have left behind will die by the sword.