Ezekiel 7:4

7:4 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!

Ezekiel 7:9

7:9 My eye will not pity you; I will not spare ⁵  you. For your behavior I will hold you accountable, ⁶  and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who is striking you. ⁷ 

Ezekiel 9:10

9:10 But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare ⁸  them; I hereby repay them for what they have done.” ⁹ 

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, ¹⁰  says the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 16:43

16:43 “‘Because you did not remember the days of your youth and have enraged me with all these deeds, I hereby repay you for what you have done, ¹¹  declares the sovereign Lord. Have you not engaged in prostitution on top of all your other abominable practices?

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, ¹²  declares the sovereign Lord.”

Isaiah 59:18

59:18 He repays them for what they have done,

dispensing angry judgment to his adversaries

and punishing his enemies. ¹³ 

He repays the coastlands. ¹⁴ 

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

³ tn “I will set your behavior on your head.”

⁴ tn Heb “and your abominable practices will be among you.”

⁵ 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.

⁶ tn Heb “According to your behavior I will place on you.”

⁷ tn The MT lacks “you.” It has been added for clarification.

⁸ 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.

⁹ tn 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.

¹⁰ tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.”

¹¹ tn Heb “your way on (your) head I have placed.”

¹² tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.”

¹³ tn Heb “in accordance with deeds, so he repays, anger to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies.”

¹⁴ tn Or “islands” (KJV, NIV).