Ezekiel 8:18
in Ezekiel 8Therefore 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.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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.
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.
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This verse in Ezekiel 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verse(Verse 18.) Therefore, I will also act in fury: My eye will not spare, nor will I have compassion. And when they cry out to my ears with a loud voice, I will not listen to them. Moreover, the following phrase, 'And when they cry out to my ears with a loud voice, I will not listen to them,' is not found in the Septuagint. For all the things they have done, I will act in fury and my eye will not spare, nor will I have compassion,' says the Lord.
This site's exposition
he brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house
on Ezekiel 8:16-18
The tour ends at the innermost point it could reach, between the porch and the altar, where about twenty-five men turn their backs to the temple of the Lord and their faces east to worship the rising sun, the direction reversed so precisely that the text spends a whole clause describing the men's own posture. The closing verses drop the guide's question and give God's own verdict directly, is it a light thing... they have filled the land with violence, and mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, the fourfold sequence of abominations answered with the judgment already declared in chapter 7. Fairbairn reads the escalation from the gate to the innermost court as spatial as much as moral, the compromise moving steadily closer to the holy place with each stage of the tour.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Therefore will I also deal in fury,.... Being provoked by such abominable idolatries, and such horrid insolence, and most contemptuous treatment: mine eye shall not spare: neither will I have pity: see Eze 5:11; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice; very pressingly and earnestly for help, being in great distress: yet will I not hear them; as they turned their backs on him, he will turn a deaf ear to them, and not regard their cries. The Targum is, "they shall pray before me, with a great voice, and I will not receive their prayer.''
God will now be as deaf to their prayers as their own idols were, on whom they cried aloud, but in vain, 1 Kings xviii. Time was when God was ready to hear even before they cried and to answer while they were yet speaking; but now they shall seek me early and not find me, Prov. i. It is not the loud voice, but the upright heart, that God will regard.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְגַם־ | vegam- | and also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| אֲנִי֙ | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| אֶעֱשֶׂ֣ה | ʾeeseh | I will act | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| בְחֵמָ֔ה | vechemah | in rage | H2534 → | 125 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תָח֥וֹס | tachos | it will look with compassion | H2347 → | 24 times |
| עֵינִ֖י | ʾeini | eye my | H5869 → | 887 times |
| וְלֹ֣א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֶחְמֹ֑ל | ʾechmol | I will show pity | H2550 → | 41 times |
| וְקָרְא֤וּ | vekareu | and they will call out | H7121 → | 733 times |
| בְאָזְנַי֙ | veazenai | in ears my | H241 → | 187 times |
| ק֣וֹל | kol | a voice | H6963 → | 506 times |
| גָּד֔וֹל | gadol | great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֶשְׁמַ֖ע | ʾeshma' | I will hear | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אוֹתָֽם׃ | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
וְגַם־and also
vegam-H1571 →769 times
אֲנִי֙I
ʾaniH589 →874 times
אֶעֱשֶׂ֣הI will act
ʾeesehH6213 →2628 times
בְחֵמָ֔הin rage
vechemahH2534 →125 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
תָח֥וֹסit will look with compassion
tachosH2347 →24 times
עֵינִ֖יeye my
ʾeiniH5869 →887 times
וְלֹ֣אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
אֶחְמֹ֑לI will show pity
ʾechmolH2550 →41 times
וְקָרְא֤וּand they will call out
vekareuH7121 →733 times
בְאָזְנַי֙in ears my
veazenaiH241 →187 times
ק֣וֹלa voice
kolH6963 →506 times
גָּד֔וֹלgreat
gadolH1419 →526 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
אֶשְׁמַ֖עI will hear
ʾeshma'H8085 →1159 times
אוֹתָֽם׃<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 1:15When 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.
it leads to
- 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.
Reached by 4 separate paths from here.
- Proverbs 1:28
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- 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.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 59:2–3
But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
- Micah 3:4
Through
Zechariah 7:13And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
it leads to
- 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.
Reached by 4 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 14:12
Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Proverbs 1:24–28
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
- Isaiah 1:15
Through
Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
it leads to
- 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 11:11
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.