Ezekiel 5:9

Because of all your abominations, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The Lord God speaks through Ezekiel against Jerusalem at a moment when He declares Himself actively opposed to the city and prepares to execute judgments visibly before surrounding nations.

The words — The Hebrew verb עָשָׂה (H6213) appears twice in the clause as עָשִׂ֣יתִי ("I will bring about") and עָשִׂ֔יתִי ("I have brought about"), bracketed by the negation לֹא ("not") and the relative pronoun אֲשֶׁר ("that which") to frame the scope of the action.

The thread — The declaration of unprecedented judgment aligns with Daniel 9:12, where a spoken disaster is carried out, and Matthew 24:21, which describes tribulation unseen from the beginning and never to be seen again, while Amos 3:2 grounds divine punishment in the specific fact of covenant knowledge rather than comparative historical novelty.

Why it lands — The text states that covenant violations will trigger a singular, irreversible act of divine justice, requiring the reader to acknowledge the concrete finality of historical consequences and the seriousness of divine patience.

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The Hebrew words

וְעָשִׂ֣יתִיve./'a.Si.tiand/ I will bring aboutבָ֗ךְVa/khin/ youאֵ֚ת'et<obj.>אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sher[that] which לֹֽא־lo'-not עָשִׂ֔יתִי'a.Si.tiI have brought about וְאֵ֛תve./'Etand/ <obj.>אֲשֶֽׁר־'a.Sher-[that] which לֹֽא־lo'-not אֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה'e.'e.SehI will do כָמֹ֖הוּkha.Mo./hulike/ it ע֑וֹדodagain יַ֖עַןYa.'anbecause of כָּל־kol-all תּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִךְ׃ סto.'a.vo.Ta.yi/khabominations/ your

King James Version

And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.

Cross-references

Daniel 9:12 You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.
Matthew 24:21 For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.
Amos 3:2 “Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
Lamentations 4:6 The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her.
Lamentations 4:9 Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.