14 And I will smash them against each other, fathers and sons alike,” declares Jehovah.+ “I will not show compassion or feel any sorrow or have any mercy on them; nothing will stop me from bringing them to ruin.”’+

7 “‘“And after that,” declares Jehovah, “I will give King Zed·e·kiʹah of Judah and his servants and the people of this city—those who survive the pestilence, the sword, and the famine—into the hand of King Neb·u·chad·nezʹzar* of Babylon, into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who are seeking to take their life.*+ He will strike them down with the sword. He will not feel sorry for them, nor will he show compassion or have any mercy.”’+

11 “‘Therefore as surely as I am alive,’ declares the Sovereign Lord Jehovah, ‘because it was my sanctuary that you defiled with all your disgusting idols and with all your detestable practices,+ I will also reject* you; my eye will not feel sorry, and I will show no compassion.+

6 Old man, young man, virgin, little child, and women you should kill off completely.+ But do not go near to any man on whom there is the mark.+ You should start from my sanctuary.”+ So they started with the elders who were in front of the house.+