Discovery BoxEzekiel 5:11 
Context5:11 “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 20:31
Context20:31 When you present your sacrifices 2 – when you make your sons pass through the fire – you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me, 3 O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will not allow you to seek me! 4
Ezekiel 20:39
Context20:39 “‘As for you, O house of Israel, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Each of you go and serve your idols, 5 if you will not listen to me. 6 But my holy name will not be profaned 7 again by your sacrifices 8 and your idols.
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 Or “gifts.”
3 tn Or “Will I reveal myself to you?”
4 tn Or “I will not reveal myself to you.”
5 sn Compare the irony here to Amos 4:4 and Jer 44:25.
6 tn Heb “and after, if you will not listen to me.” The translation leaves out “and after” for smoothness. The text is difficult. M. Greenberg (Ezekiel [AB], 1:374) suggests that it may mean “but afterwards, if you will not listen to me…” with an unspoken threat.
7 sn A similar concept may be found in Lev 18:21; 20:3.
8 tn Or “gifts.”
