Ezekiel 9:8

Ezekiel saw that these men were slaying everyone in the temple area and that he alone remained alive. So he prostrated himself before the Lord and prayed earnestly for mercy. Would the Lord destroy even the faithful remnant of Israel in His devastating judgment of the city (cf. Genesis 18:22-33; Amos 7:1-6)? Clearly Ezekiel felt deeply for his people, sinful though they were.