Ezekiel 7:3-4

7:3 The end is now upon you, and I will release my anger against you; I will judge ¹  you according to your behavior, ²  I will hold you accountable for ³  all your abominable practices. 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 7:8-9

7:8 Soon now I will pour out my rage ⁸  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 spare ⁹  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 spare ¹²  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 but ¹⁶  wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition ¹⁷  and do not obey the truth but follow ¹⁸  unrighteousness. 2:9 There will be ¹⁹  affliction and distress on everyone ²⁰  who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek, ²¹ 

[7:3]  ¹ tn Or “punish” (cf. BDB 1047 s.v. שָׁפַט 3.c).

[7:3]  ² tn Heb “ways.”

[7:3]  ³ tn Heb “I will place on you.”

[7:4]  ⁴ 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.

[7:4]  ⁵ tn The pronoun “you” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.

[7:4]  ⁶ tn “I will set your behavior on your head.”

[7:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “and your abominable practices will be among you.”

[7:8]  ⁸ tn The expression “to pour out rage” also occurs in Ezek 9:8; 14:19; 20:8, 13, 21; 22:31; 30:15; 36:18.

[7:9]  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.

[7:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “According to your behavior I will place on you.”

[7:9]  ¹¹ tn The MT lacks “you.” It has been added for clarification.

[9:10]  ¹² 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.

[9:10]  ¹³ 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.

[11:21]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.”

[22:31]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.”

[2:8]  ¹⁶ tn This contrast is clearer and stronger in Greek than can be easily expressed in English.

[2:8]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “those who [are] from selfish ambition.”

[2:8]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “are persuaded by, obey.”

[2:9]  ¹⁹ tn No verb is expressed in this verse, but the verb “to be” is implied by the Greek construction. Literally “suffering and distress on everyone…”

[2:9]  ²⁰ tn Grk “every soul of man.”

[2:9]  ²¹ sn Paul uses the term Greek here and in v. 10 to refer to non-Jews, i.e., Gentiles.