Then he called aloud in my hearing “come forward, you officers of the city, armed each with their weapons of destruction.”
And lo, there came from the direction of the upper gate facing north, six men armed each with their weapon for slaughter and in the midst of them another man clothed in linen with a writers inkhorn at his side.
Then he called to the man clothed in linen and with the inkhorn and said to him. “Pass through the city and set a mark on the foreheads on those who sigh and cry for all the abominations that are done.”
After him, the others went to slay all who were not marked.
And lo, the man clothed in linen, with the inkhorn by his side bought back the report. “I have done as thou didst command me.”