Ezekiel 7:4

7:4 My eye will not pity you; I will not spare¹ you.² For I will hold you responsible for your behavior,³ and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices.⁴ Then you will know that I am the Lord!

Ezekiel 7:8-9

7:8 Soon now I will pour out my rage⁵ on you; I will fully vent my anger against you. I will judge you according to your behavior. I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices. 7:9 My eye will not pity you; I will not spare⁶ you. For your behavior I will hold you accountable,⁷ and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who is striking you.⁸

¹tn 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.

²tn The pronoun “you” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.

³tn “I will set your behavior on your head.”

⁴tn Heb “and your abominable practices will be among you.”

⁵tn The expression “to pour out rage” also occurs in Ezek 9:8; 14:19; 20:8, 13, 21; 22:31; 30:15; 36:18.

⁶tn 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.

⁷tn Heb “According to your behavior I will place on you.”

⁸tn The MT lacks “you.” It has been added for clarification.