29 For behold, I begin to work disaster at the city that is ^dcalled by my name, ^eand shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the Lord of hosts.’

6 ^fKill old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but touch no one on whom is the mark. And ^gbegin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the house.

3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them ^olike gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord.¹