Ezekiel 9:5

9:5 While I listened, he said to the others, ¹  “Go through the city after him and strike people down; do no let your eye pity nor spare ²  anyone!

Ezekiel 14:5

14:5 I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.’

Ezekiel 18:2

18:2 “What do you mean by quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel,

“‘The fathers eat sour grapes

And the children’s teeth become numb?’ ³ 

Ezekiel 18:11

18:11 (though the father did not do any of them). ⁴  He eats pagan sacrifices on the mountains, ⁵  defiles his neighbor’s wife,

Ezekiel 22:14

22:14 Can your heart endure, ⁶  or can your hands be strong when I deal with you? ⁷  I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it!

Ezekiel 33:32

33:32 Realize ⁸  that to them you are like a sensual song, a beautiful voice and skilled musician. ⁹  They hear your words, but they do not obey them. ¹⁰ 

Ezekiel 34:3

34:3 You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep!

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¹ tn Heb “to these he said in my ears.”

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 This word only occurs here and in the parallel passage in Jer 31:29-30 in the Qal stem and in Eccl 10:10 in the Piel stem. In the latter passage it refers to the bluntness of an ax that has not been sharpened. Here the idea is of the “bluntness” of the teeth, not from having ground them down due to the bitter taste of sour grapes but to the fact that they have lost their “edge,” “bite,” or “sharpness” because they are numb from the sour taste. For this meaning for the word, see W. L. Holladay, Jeremiah (Hermeneia), 2:197.

⁴ tn Heb “and he all of these did not do.” The parenthetical note refers back to the father described in the preceding verses.

⁵ sn See note on “mountains” in v. 6.

⁶ tn Heb “stand.” The heart here stands for the emotions; Jerusalem would panic in the face of God’s judgment.

⁷ tn Heb “in the days when I act against you.”

⁸ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

⁹ tn Heb “one who makes playing music well.”

¹⁰ sn Similar responses are found in Isa 29:13; Matt 21:28-32; James 1:22-25.