Yehezkiel 5:11
Konteks5:11 “Therefore, as surely as I live, says the sovereign Lord, because you defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominable practices, I will withdraw; my eye will not pity you, nor will I spare 1 you.
Yehezkiel 8:10
Konteks8:10 So I went in and looked. I noticed every figure 2 of creeping thing and beast – detestable images 3 – and every idol of the house of Israel, engraved on the wall all around. 4
[5:11] 1 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.
[8:10] 3 tn Heb “detestable.” The word is often used to describe the figures of foreign gods.
[8:10] 4 sn These engravings were prohibited in the Mosaic law (Deut 4:16-18).