Ezekiel 9:6

Slay utterly old and young, both maids, 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 ancient men which were before the house.

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 8:16 Historical context

In Ezekiel 8:16, the sun worship at the temple is the abomination that provokes the judgment beginning at the sanctuary in 9:6.

Ezekiel 8:5–16 Historical context

Ezekiel 8:5-16 reveals the abominations in the temple that motivate judgment starting at the sanctuary here.

Ezekiel 23:47 describes the assembly stoning Oholibah and killing her children—a narrower case of judgment on adulterous Jerusalem.

Exodus 12:23 shows the Passover destroyer sparing those marked with blood, a pattern of protection by a mark seen in Ezekiel.

Revelation 9:4 spares those with God’s seal on forehead — echoing this mark's protective role.

Revelation 7:3 seals servants on the forehead — a parallel to the protective mark here.

1 Peter 4:17 directly echoes that judgment must begin at God’s house — a clear citation of this principle.

Amos 3:2 Parallel

Amos 3:2 says God punishes the people He knows first — parallel to judgment beginning at the sanctuary.

Jeremiah 25:29 declares judgment begins with God's own city — the same principle as starting at the sanctuary.

Joshua 2:18 Parallel

Joshua 2:18 uses a scarlet thread as a sign that spares Rahab's household, analogous to the mark that saves in Ezekiel.

Joshua 6:22-25 recounts Rahab's family spared during Jericho's destruction, paralleling the sparing of the marked in Ezekiel.

Jeremiah 9:21 depicts death cutting off children and young men — echoing the same comprehensive slaughter as in Ezekiel 9:6.

In Deuteronomy 13:8, the command to not pity or spare an idolater uses the same Hebrew phrases as the judgment command in 9:6.

Lamentations 2:21 describes young and old, men and women falling by the sword—directly parallels the universal age judgment here.

Lamentations 2:20 laments women eating children and priests killed in the sanctuary—echoes the same holy-place slaughter of all ages.

Jeremiah 51:22 lists breaking young men and women with Babylon—mirroring the striking of every age group here.

Isaiah 13:18 describes the same pitiless slaughter of young and children — mirroring the comprehensive judgment in Ezekiel 9:6.

Jeremiah 6:11 commands pouring wrath on children and the elderly — directly parallel to the command to strike all ages in Ezekiel 9:6.

Leviticus 26:31 Prophetic fulfillment

In Leviticus 26:31, God threatens to desolate sanctuaries as a covenant curse; Ezekiel 9:6 enacts that curse by starting judgment at the sanctuary.

Numbers 31:14 shows Moses angry because the army spared the Midianite women — contrasting this command to spare the marked righteous.

In Leviticus 19:30, reverence for the sanctuary is commanded; the judgment in 9:6 begins at the sanctuary due to its defilement.

Jeremiah 16:6 announces death for great and small — a general parallel to the slaughter of all ages in Ezekiel 9:6.

2 Timothy 2:19 speaks of God's seal marking those who are His, echoing the concept of a divine mark identifying the faithful.

In Genesis 4:15, God puts a protective mark on Cain; here the mark spares the righteous from slaughter — similar motif of marking for preservation.

Luke 12:47 Related theme

Luke 12:47 shows greater knowledge brings greater punishment — similar to judgment starting with those closest to God.

1 Peter 4:18 Related theme

1 Peter 4:18 follows the judgment-on-God’s-house theme, asking if the righteous barely escape — a corollary.