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And then[a] as they were striking,[b] and I was left behind, I fell on my face, and I cried out, and I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! “Will you be destroying all of the remnant of Israel while you pour out your rage[c] on Jerusalem?” And he said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly[d] great, and the land is filled with bloodguilt, and the city is full of injustice. For they say Yahweh abandoned the land, and Yahweh does not see.[e] 10 And I, my eye will not take pity, and I will not have compassion; their way I will bring on their head.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 9:8 Literally “and it was”
  2. Ezekiel 9:8 Literally “in their striking”
  3. Ezekiel 9:8 Literally “when pouring out your rage”
  4. Ezekiel 9:9 Literally “with very very”
  5. Ezekiel 9:9 Literally “not Yahweh is seeing

While they were killing and I was left alone, I fell facedown,(A) crying out, “Alas, Sovereign Lord!(B) Are you going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel in this outpouring of your wrath(C) on Jerusalem?(D)

He answered me, “The sin of the people of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice.(E) They say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land; the Lord does not see.’(F) 10 So I will not look on them with pity(G) or spare them, but I will bring down on their own heads what they have done.(H)

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