Ezekiel 9:10

9:10 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 

Ezekiel 20:17

20:17 Yet I had pity on ³  them and did not destroy them, so I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.

Ezekiel 7:4

7:4 My eye will not pity you; I will not spare ⁴  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 7:9

7:9 My eye will not pity you; I will not spare ⁸  you. For your behavior I will hold you accountable, ⁹  and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who is striking you. ¹⁰ 

Ezekiel 8:18

8:18 Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare ¹¹  them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.”

Ezekiel 24:14

24:14 “‘I the Lord have spoken; judgment ¹²  is coming and I will act! I will not relent, or show pity, or be sorry! ¹³  I will judge you ¹⁴  according to your conduct ¹⁵  and your deeds, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Ezekiel 5:11

5:11 “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 ¹⁶  you.

Ezekiel 16:5

16:5 No eye took pity on you to do even one of these things for you to spare you; ¹⁷  you were thrown out into the open field ¹⁸  because you were detested on the day you were born.

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 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.

³ tn Heb “my eye pitied.”

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

⁷ tn “I will set your behavior on your head.”

⁸ tn Heb “and your abominable practices will be among you.”

⁷ 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.

⁸ tn Heb “According to your behavior I will place on you.”

⁹ tn The MT lacks “you.” It has been added for clarification.

⁹ 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.

¹¹ tn Heb “it”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² tn Or perhaps, “change my mind.”

¹³ tc Some medieval Hebrew mss and the major ancient versions read a first person verb here. Most Hebrew mss read have an indefinite subject, “they will judge you,” which could be translated, “you will be judged.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “ways.”

¹³ 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.

¹⁵ sn These verbs, “pity” and “spare,” echo the judgment oracles in 5:11; 7:4, 9; 8:18; 9:5, 10.

¹⁶ sn A similar concept is found in Deut 32:10.