Ezekiel 16:5

16:5 No eye took pity on you to do even one of these things for you to spare you; ¹  you were thrown out into the open field ²  because you were detested on the day you were born.

Ezekiel 32:4

32:4 I will leave you on the ground,

I will fling you on the open field,

I will allow ³  all the birds of the sky to settle ⁴  on you,

and I will permit ⁵  all the wild animals ⁶  to gorge themselves on you.

[16:5]  ¹ sn These verbs, “pity” and “spare,” echo the judgment oracles in 5:11; 7:4, 9; 8:18; 9:5, 10.

[16:5]  ² sn A similar concept is found in Deut 32:10.

[32:4]  ³ tn Or “cause.”

[32:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “live.”

[32:4]  ⁵ tn Or “cause.”

[32:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “the beasts of the field,” referring to wild as opposed to domesticated animals.