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 20:31

20:31 When you present your sacrifices ³  – when you make your sons pass through the fire – you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me, ⁴  O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will not allow you to seek me! ⁵ 

Ezekiel 20:38

20:38 I will eliminate from among you the rebels and those who revolt ⁶  against me. I will bring them out from the land where they have been residing, but they will not come to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the 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, ⁷  declares the sovereign Lord.”

Jeremiah 29:16-19

29:16 But just listen to what the Lord has to say about ⁸  the king who occupies David’s throne and all your fellow countrymen who are still living in this city of Jerusalem ⁹  and were not carried off into exile with you. 29:17 The Lord who rules over all ¹⁰  says, ‘I will bring war, ¹¹  starvation, and disease on them. I will treat them like figs that are so rotten ¹²  they cannot be eaten. 29:18 I will chase after them with war, ¹³  starvation, and disease. I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to them. I will make them examples of those who are cursed, objects of horror, hissing scorn, and ridicule among all the nations where I exile them. 29:19 For they have not paid attention to what I said to them through my servants the prophets whom I sent to them over and over again,’ ¹⁴  says the Lord. ¹⁵  ‘And you exiles ¹⁶  have not paid any attention to them either,’ says the Lord. ¹⁷ 

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 Or “gifts.”

⁴ tn Or “Will I reveal myself to you?”

⁵ tn Or “I will not reveal myself to you.”

⁶ tn See the note at 2:3.

⁷ tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.”

⁸ tn Heb “But thus says the Lord about.” The words “just listen to what” are supplied in the translation to help show the connection with the preceding.

⁹ tn The words “of Jerusalem” are not in the text but are supplied in the translation to identify the referent and avoid the possible confusion that “this city” refers to Babylon.

¹⁰ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.” See the study note on 2:19 for explanation of this title.

¹¹ tn Heb “the sword.”

¹² tn The meaning of this word is somewhat uncertain. It occurs only here in the Hebrew Bible. BDB 1045 s.v. שֹׁעָר relates it to the noun “horrible thing” (translated “something shocking”) in Jer 5:30; 23:14 and defines it as “horrid, disgusting.” HALOT 1495 s.v. שֹׁעָר relates it to the same noun and define it as “rotten; corrupt.” That nuance is accepted here.

¹³ tn Heb “with the sword.”

¹⁴ tn See the translator’s note on 7:13 for an explanation of this idiom.

¹⁵ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

¹⁶ tn The word “exiles” is not in the text. It is supplied in the translation to clarify the referent of “you.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”