Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, for the hand of God has struck me.

then you must cut off her hand – do not pity her.

Then the Lord became ¹  zealous for his land; he had compassion on his people.

He will take pity ¹  on the poor and needy; the lives of the needy he will save.

Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!” ¹ 

You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot. ¹ 

Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare ¹  them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.”

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!

But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare ¹  them; I hereby repay them for what they have done.” ² 

You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him.

You must not pity him, but purge out the blood of the innocent ¹  from Israel, so that it may go well with you.

The Lord cried out, ¹  “Who in the world ²  will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve over you? Who will stop long enough ³  to inquire about how you are doing? ⁴ 

ס (Samek) You shrouded yourself ¹  with anger and then pursued us; you killed without mercy.

May no one show him kindness! ¹  May no one have compassion ²  on his fatherless children!

Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; ¹  they have no compassion on a person’s offspring, ²  they will not ³  look with pity on children.

And I will smash them like wine bottles against one another, children and parents alike. ¹  I will not show any pity, mercy, or compassion. Nothing will keep me from destroying them,’ ²  says the Lord.”

They are calloused; ¹  they speak arrogantly. ² 

Their insults are painful ¹  and make me lose heart; ²  I look ³  for sympathy, but receive none, ⁴  for comforters, but find none.

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!

My eye will not pity you; I will not spare ¹  you. For your behavior I will hold you accountable, ²  and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who is striking you. ³