1 sn These verbs, “pity” and “spare,” echo the judgment oracles in 5:11; 7:4, 9; 8:18; 9:5, 10.
2 sn A similar concept is found in Deut 32:10.
3 tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).
4 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm; the phrase occurs again later in this verse).
5 tn Heb “four cubits” (i.e., 2.1 meters; the phrase also occurs in the next verse).