Ezekiel 7:4
7:4 My eye will not pity you; I will not spare 1 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 33:25
33:25 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: You eat the meat with the blood still in it, 5 pray to 6 your idols, and shed blood. Do you really think you will possess 7 the land?
Ezekiel 37:12
37:12 Therefore prophesy, and tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to open your graves and will raise you from your graves, my people. I will bring you to the land of Israel.
Ezekiel 43:27
43:27 When the prescribed period is over, 8 on the eighth day and thereafter the priests will offer up on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings; 9 I will accept you, declares the sovereign Lord.”
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 pronoun “you” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.
3 tn “I will set your behavior on your head.”
4 tn Heb “and your abominable practices will be among you.”
5 sn This practice was a violation of Levitical law (see Lev 19:26).
6 tn Heb “lift up your eyes.”
7 tn Heb “Will you possess?”
8 tn Heb “and they will complete the days.”
9 sn The people also could partake of the food of the peace offering (Lev 3).