My eye will show no pity nor will I spare. I will [a]repay you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst; then you will know that I, the Lord, do the smiting.

10 ‘Behold, the day! Behold, it is coming! Your doom has gone forth; the (A)rod has budded, arrogance has blossomed. 11 Violence [b]has grown into a rod of (B)wickedness. None of them shall remain, none of their people, none of their (C)wealth, nor anything eminent among them.

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  1. Ezekiel 7:9 Lit give
  2. Ezekiel 7:11 Lit has risen

I will not look on you with pity;
    I will not spare you.(A)
I will repay you for your conduct
    and for the detestable practices among you.(B)

“‘Then you will know that it is I the Lord who strikes you.(C)

10 “‘See, the day!
    See, it comes!
Doom has burst forth,
    the rod(D) has budded,
    arrogance has blossomed!
11 Violence(E) has arisen,[a]
    a rod to punish the wicked.
None of the people will be left,
    none of that crowd—
none of their wealth,
    nothing of value.(F)

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  1. Ezekiel 7:11 Or The violent one has become