2 Tawarikh 36:17

36:17 He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered ¹  their young men in their temple. ²  He did not spare ³  young men or women, or even the old and aging. God ⁴  handed everyone over to him.

Yehezkiel 9:5-6

9:5 While I listened, he said to the others, ⁵  “Go through the city after him and strike people down; do no let your eye pity nor spare ⁶  anyone! 9:6 Old men, young men, young women, little children, and women – wipe them out! But do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary!” So they began with the elders who were at the front of the temple.

Yehezkiel 9:10

9:10 But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare ⁷  them; I hereby repay them for what they have done.” ⁸ 

[36:17]  ¹ tn Heb “killed with the sword.”

[36:17]  ² tn Heb “in the house of their sanctuary.”

[36:17]  ³ tn Or “show compassion to.”

[36:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “to these he said in my ears.”

[9:5]  ⁶ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.

[9:10]  ⁷ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.

[9:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.” The same expression occurs in 1 Kgs 8:32; Ezek 11:21; 16:43; 22:31.