Ezekiel 9:8-10
New English Translation
8 While they were striking them down, I was left alone, and I threw myself face down and cried out, “Ah, Sovereign Lord! Will you destroy the entire remnant of Israel when you pour out your fury on Jerusalem?”
9 He said to me, “The sin of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of murder, and the city is full of corruption,[a] for they say, ‘The Lord has abandoned the land, and the Lord does not see!’[b] 10 But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare[c] them; I hereby repay them for what they have done.”[d]
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- Ezekiel 9:9 tn Or “lawlessness” (NAB); “perversity” (NRSV). The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT, and its meaning is uncertain. The similar phrase in 7:23 has a common word for “violence.”
- Ezekiel 9:9 sn The saying is virtually identical to that of the elders in Ezek 8:12.
- Ezekiel 9:10 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.
- Ezekiel 9:10 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.
Ezekiel 9:8-10
English Standard Version
8 And while they were striking, and I was left alone, (A)I fell upon my face, and cried, (B)“Ah, Lord God! (C)Will you destroy all the remnant of Israel (D)in the outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?”
9 Then he said to me, (E)“The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. (F)The land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For (G)they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’ 10 As for me, (H)my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; (I)I will bring their deeds upon their heads.”
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