I was doing a little reading in Ezekiel today when I ran across a gem of a smiting. This one takes place in the future, but boy howdy is it going to be glorious!!
Turn with me to chapter 9. God is going to call up six super soldier men and a guy with a pen.
The man with the pen is going to put a mark on those who are worthy to be saved foreheads. The six super soldiers are going to set things right with God. The way our Awesome LORD who reigns prefers to.
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2And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
3And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;
4And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
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Now, I would ask you to flip to the back of your Bible to Revelation 7, but keep Ezekiel 9 bookmarked.
Lo and behold John is saying almost the exact same thing. We have two sources for this coming smiting, so you know it must be true.
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3Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
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Back to Ezekiel,
Everyone who doesn't get this mark on their forehead is going to die. It's smitin' time! 
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5And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
6Slay 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. 7And he said unto them, Defile the house (alternately temple), and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
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Ezekiel asks God why this is necessary, to which God responds.
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9Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
10And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
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That's our LORD! Tough but fair.