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    "language": "en",
    "book": "ezekiel",
    "chapter": 9
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    "n": 9,
    "bookSlug": "ezekiel",
    "bookCode": "EZK",
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    "title": "",
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    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "EZK-9:1",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.9.1",
        "text": "Then he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause ye them that have charge over the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand."
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        "n": 2,
        "refId": "EZK-9:2",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.9.2",
        "text": "And behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lieth toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer`s inkhorn by his side. And they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar."
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        "n": 3,
        "refId": "EZK-9:3",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.9.3",
        "text": "And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer`s inkhorn by his side."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "EZK-9:4",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.9.4",
        "text": "And Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "EZK-9:5",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.9.5",
        "text": "And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye through the city after him, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity;"
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "EZK-9:6",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.9.6",
        "text": "slay utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "EZK-9:7",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.9.7",
        "text": "And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "EZK-9:8",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.9.8",
        "text": "And it came to pass, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Jehovah! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy wrath upon Jerusalem?"
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "EZK-9:9",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.9.9",
        "text": "Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wrestling [of judgment]: for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah seeth not."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "EZK-9:10",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.9.10",
        "text": "And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way upon their head."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "EZK-9:11",
        "verseRef": "Ezek.9.11",
        "text": "And behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me."
      }
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