Ezekiel 7:3-4

7:3 The end is now upon you, and I will release my anger against you; I will judge¹ you according to your behavior,² I will hold you accountable for³ all your abominable practices. 7:4 My eye will not pity you; I will not spare⁴ you.⁵ For I will hold you responsible for your behavior,⁶ and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices.⁷ Then you will know that I am the Lord!

Ezekiel 7:8-9

7:8 Soon now I will pour out my rage⁸ on you; I will fully vent my anger against you. I will judge you according to your behavior. I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices. 7:9 My eye will not pity you; I will not spare⁹ you. For your behavior I will hold you accountable,¹⁰ and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who is striking you.¹¹

Ezekiel 9:10

9:10 But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare¹² them; I hereby repay them for what they have done.”¹³

Ezekiel 11:21

11:21 But those whose hearts are devoted to detestable things and abominations, I hereby repay them for what they have done,¹⁴ says the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 22:31

22:31 So I have poured my anger on them, and destroyed them with the fire of my fury. I hereby repay them for what they have done,¹⁵ declares the sovereign Lord.”

Romans 2:8-9

2:8 but¹⁶ wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition¹⁷ and do not obey the truth but follow¹⁸ unrighteousness. 2:9 There will be¹⁹ affliction and distress on everyone²⁰ who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek,²¹

¹tn Or “punish” (cf. BDB 1047 s.v. שָׁפַט 3.c).

²tn Heb “ways.”

³tn Heb “I will place on you.”

⁴tn 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.

⁵tn The pronoun “you” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.

⁶tn “I will set your behavior on your head.”

⁷tn Heb “and your abominable practices will be among you.”

⁸tn The expression “to pour out rage” also occurs in Ezek 9:8; 14:19; 20:8, 13, 21; 22:31; 30:15; 36:18.

⁹tn 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.

¹⁰tn Heb “According to your behavior I will place on you.”

¹¹tn The MT lacks “you.” It has been added for clarification.

¹²tn 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.

¹³tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.” The same expression occurs in 1 Kgs 8:32; Ezek 11:21; 16:43; 22:31.

¹⁴tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.”

¹⁵tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.”

¹⁶tn This contrast is clearer and stronger in Greek than can be easily expressed in English.

¹⁷tn Grk “those who [are] from selfish ambition.”

¹⁸tn Grk “are persuaded by, obey.”

¹⁹tn No verb is expressed in this verse, but the verb “to be” is implied by the Greek construction. Literally “suffering and distress on everyone…”

²⁰tn Grk “every soul of man.”

²¹sn Paul uses the term Greek here and in v. 10 to refer to non-Jews, i.e., Gentiles.