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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.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God addresses the executing angels in the vision, rejecting any appeal for mercy at the moment He pronounces judgment on the house of Israel and Judah for their overwhelming iniquity and bloodshed.

The words — The Hebrew verbs תָח֥וֹס (ta.Chos) and אֶחְמֹ֑ל ('ech.Mol) explicitly mean "look with compassion" and "show pity," while דַּרְכָּ֖/ם (dar.Ka/m) translates literally to "their conduct" or "their deeds."

The thread — This declaration of refused pity and direct retribution matches Ezekiel 8:18 and Ezekiel 7:4, where God similarly vows not to spare the nation, and parallels Isaiah 65:6’s statement that God will actively repay deeds rather than remain silent.

Why it lands — The text states God will neither pity nor spare the people but will directly apply their own conduct against them, requiring the reader to acknowledge that divine judgment operates on exact retribution rather than mercy.

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The Hebrew words

וְגַ֨ם־ve./Gam-and/ alsoאֲנִ֔י'a.NiIלֹא־lo'-notתָח֥וֹסta.Chosit will look with compassionעֵינִ֖י'ei.N/ieye/ myוְלֹ֣אve./Lo'and/ notאֶחְמֹ֑ל'ech.MolI will show pityדַּרְכָּ֖םdar.Ka/mconduct/ theirבְּרֹאשָׁ֥םbe./ro.Sha/mon/ own head/ theirנָתָֽתִּי׃na.Ta.tiI will requite

King James Version

And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.

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