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Ezekiel 9:10
10So I will not look on them with pity or spare them, but I will bring down on their own heads what they have done.”
Ezekiel 9:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
- English Standard Version (ESV)As for me, my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; I will bring their deeds upon their heads."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And as for Me also, My eye will neither spare, nor will I have pity, but I will recompense their deeds on their own head.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)So I will not spare them or have any pity on them. I will fully repay them for all they have done.”
Context of Ezekiel 9:10
8While they were killing and I was left alone, I fell facedown, crying out, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! Are you going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel in this outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?” 9He answered me, “The sin of the people of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice. They say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land; the Lord does not see.’ So I will not look on them with pity or spare them, but I will bring down on their own heads what they have done.” 11Then the man in linen with the writing kit at his side brought back word, saying, “I have done as you commanded.”
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וְגַ֨ם־אֲנִ֔י לֹא־תָח֥וֹס עֵינִ֖י וְלֹ֣א אֶחְמֹ֑ל דַּרְכָּ֖ם בְּרֹאשָׁ֥ם נָתָֽתִּי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 9:10
- Ezekiel 9:5As I listened, he said to the others, “Follow him through the city and kill, without showing pity or compassion.
- Ezekiel 5:11Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your vile images and detestable practices, I myself will shave you; I will not look on you with pity or spare you.
- Ezekiel 7:4I will not look on you with pity; I will not spare you. I will surely repay you for your conduct and for the detestable practices among you. “ ‘Then you will know that I am the Lord.’
- Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will deal with them in anger; I will not look on them with pity or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen to them.”
- Ezekiel 21:31I will pour out my wrath on you and breathe out my fiery anger against you; I will deliver you into the hands of brutal men, men skilled in destruction.
- Ezekiel 7:8I am about to pour out my wrath on you and spend my anger against you. I will judge you according to your conduct and repay you for all your detestable practices.
- Ezekiel 11:21But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their vile images and detestable idols, I will bring down on their own heads what they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.”
- Ezekiel 22:31So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.”
- Deuteronomy 32:41when I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and repay those who hate me.
- 2 Chronicles 6:23then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty and bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.
- Isaiah 65:6“See, it stands written before me: I will not keep silent but will pay back in full; I will pay it back into their laps—
- Hosea 9:7The days of punishment are coming, the days of reckoning are at hand. Let Israel know this. Because your sins are so many and your hostility so great, the prophet is considered a fool, the inspired person a maniac.
- Joel 3:4“Now what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon and all you regions of Philistia? Are you repaying me for something I have done? If you are paying me back, I will swiftly and speedily return on your own heads what you have done.
- Hebrews 10:30For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”
Commentaries on Ezekiel 9:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Mine eye shall not spare - They say, the Lord seeth not: this is false; I have seen all their iniquities, and do see all their abominations; and I will bring deserved judgment upon them, and then that eye which now sees will neither pity nor spare.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-11Verses 5-11 The slaughter must begin at the sanctuary, that all may see and know that the Lord hates sin most in those nearest to him. He who was appointed to protect, reported the matter. Christ is faithful to the trust reposed in him. Is he commanded by his Father to secure eternal life to the chosen remnant? He says, Of all that thou hast given me, I have lost none. If others perish, and we are saved, we must ascribe the difference wholly to the mercy…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10The Lord replied that he would fully repay Israel’s sins (see Ezekiel 9:3–4, 11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. mine eye--to show them their mistake in saying, "The Lord seeth not." recompense their way upon their head--(Pr 1:31). Retribution in kind.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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