Ezekiel 8:18

Judgment

¹⁶ So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

¹⁷ “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!

Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”
KJV: Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
WEB: Therefore I will also deal in wrath. My eye won’t spare, neither will I have pity. Though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.”
ASV: Therefore will I also deal in wrath; mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
DARBY: And I also will deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.
BLB: I also will act in fury. My eye will not show pity, and I will not have pity, and though they cry into My ears [in] a great voice, not at all will I hear them!”

ÅB: Derfor vil da også jeg la min harme råde; jeg vil ikke vise skånsel og ikke spare dem; og om de roper for mine ører med høy røst, vil jeg ikke høre dem.
[^1]: en babylonisk avgud som svarer til grekernes Adonis.
[^2]: perserne gjorde dette når de tilba solen.
OTB: Derfor vil jeg handle med dem i vrede; jeg vil ikke se på dem med medlidenhet eller spare dem. Selv om de roper ut i mine ører med høy røst, vil jeg ikke lytte til dem.»
B1930: Derfor vil da også jeg la min harme råde; jeg vil ikke vise skånsel og ikke spare dem; og om de roper for mine ører med høi røst, vil jeg ikke høre dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Micah 3:4
Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
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Jeremiah 11:11
Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.
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Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
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Zechariah 7:13
And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
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Luke 13:25
After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
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Judges 10:13–14
But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.
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Ezekiel 9:10
But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”
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Proverbs 1:28
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
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