Ezekiel 5:11

5:11 “Therefore, as surely as I live, says the sovereign Lord, because you defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominable practices, I will withdraw; my eye will not pity you, nor will I spare 1  you.

Ezekiel 7:4

7:4 My eye will not pity you; I will not spare 2  you. 3  For I will hold you responsible for your behavior, 4  and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. 5  Then you will know that I am the Lord!

Ezekiel 8:18

8:18 Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare 6  them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.”

Ezekiel 16:5

16:5 No eye took pity on you to do even one of these things for you to spare you; 7  you were thrown out into the open field 8  because you were detested on the day you were born.

1 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.

2 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.

3 tn The pronoun “you” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.

4 tn “I will set your behavior on your head.”

5 tn Heb “and your abominable practices will be among you.”

6 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.

7 sn These verbs, “pity” and “spare,” echo the judgment oracles in 5:11; 7:4, 9; 8:18; 9:5, 10.

8 sn A similar concept is found in Deut 32:10.