Ezekiel 9:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְגַ֨ם־אֲנִ֔י לֹא־תָח֥וֹס עֵינִ֖י וְלֹ֣א אֶחְמֹ֑ל דַּרְכָּ֖ם בְּרֹאשָׁ֥ם נָתָֽתִּי׃

Transliteration

And wĕgam-ʾănî lōʾ-tāḥôs ʿênî wĕlōʾ ʾeḥmōl, darkām bĕrōʾšām nātāttî.

Grammar Details

• *wĕgam*: waw-conjunction + particle - and also
• *ʾănî*: personal pronoun, 1st common singular - I
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *tāḥôs*: qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it will spare
• *ʿênî*: noun, feminine singular + 1st common singular suffix - my eye
• *wĕlōʾ*: waw-conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *ʾeḥmōl*: qal imperfect, 1st common singular - I will have pity
• *darkām*: noun, common singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their way
• *bĕrōʾšām*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - on their heads
• *nātāttî*: qal perfect, 1st common singular - I have placed/given

Word Meanings

• *tāḥôs*: will spare/will show pity
• *ʾeḥmōl*: will have pity/will show compassion
• *darkām bĕrōʾšām nātāttî*: I have placed their way on their heads/I have recompensed their way upon their heads/I have returned their deeds upon them

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 7:4 : 4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity; but I will bring thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
• Ezek 8:18 : 18 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.
• Isa 65:6 : 6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yea, I will recompense into their bosom,
• Ezek 11:21 : 21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.
• Hos 9:7 : 7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.
• Ezek 5:11 : 11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish [thee]; neither shall mine eye spare, and I also will have no pity.
• Deut 32:41 : 41 If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.
• 2 Chr 6:23 : 23 then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
• Ezek 9:5 : 5 And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye through the city after him, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity;
• Ezek 7:8-9 : 8 Now will I shortly pour out my wrath upon thee, and accomplish mine anger against thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways; and I will bring upon thee all thine abominations. 9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring upon thee according to thy ways; and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, do smite.
• Joel 3:4 : 4 Yea, and what are ye to me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? will ye render me a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompense upon your own head.
• Heb 10:30 : 30 For we know him that said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense. {G3004} {G2962} And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
• Ezek 21:31-32 : 31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee; I will blow upon thee with the fire of my wrath; and I will deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy. 32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
• Ezek 22:31 : 31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought upon their heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.