Ezekiel 5:11

Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; 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, neither will I have any pity.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
live	חַי chai-	H2416	alive · adjective, masculine singular absolute
saith	נְאֻם֮ ne.'Um	H5002	an oracle · noun, common masculine singular construct
Lord	אֲדֹנָ֣י 'a.do.Nai	H136	the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) · proper noun, a title
GOD	יְהוִה֒ Yah.weh	H3069	YHWH · proper noun, a title
defiled	טִמֵּ֔את ti.Met	H2930	to be foul · verb, piel perfect, 2nd person feminine singular
sanctuary	מִקְדָּשִׁ֣י mik.da.Shi	H4720	a consecrated thing or place · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
things	שִׁקּוּצַ֖יִךְ shi.ku.Tza.yikh	H8251	disgusting · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
abominations	תּוֹעֲבֹתָ֑יִךְ to.'a.vo.Ta.yikh	H8441	properly · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
diminish	אֶגְרַע֙ 'eg.Ra'	H1639	to scrape off · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
eye	עֵינִ֔י 'ei.Ni	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
spare	תָח֣וֹס ta.Chos	H2347	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
pity	אֶחְמֽוֹל 'ech.Mol	H2550	to commiserate · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular

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Cross-references

Ezekiel 7:20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things there…
2 Chronicles 36:14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the ho…
Jeremiah 7:9-11 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
Ezekiel 7:4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in th…
Ezekiel 7:9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the…
Ezekiel 8:5-6 Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and be…
Ezekiel 11:18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
Jeremiah 16:18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with t…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 5:5–end

We have here the explanation of the foregoing similitude: This is Jerusalem. Thus it is usual in scripture language to give the name of the thing signified to the sign; as when Christ said, This is my body. The prophet's head, which was to be shaved, signified Jerusalem, which by the judgments of God was now to be stripped of all its ornaments, to be emptied of all its inhabitants, and to be set naked and bare, to be shaved with a razor that is hired, Isa 7:20. The head of one that was a priest, a prophet, a holy person, was fittest to represent Jerusalem the holy city. Now the contents of these verses are much the same with what we have often met with, and still shall, in the writings of th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 5:11

as I five--the most solemn of oaths, pledging the self-existence of God for the certainty of the event. defiled my sanctuary--the climax of Jewish guilt: their defiling Jehovah's temple by introducing idols. diminish--literally "withdraw," namely, Mine "eye" (which presently follows), that is, My favors; Job 36:7 uses the Hebrew verb in the same way. As the Jews had withdrawn from God's sanctuary its sacredness by "defiling" it, so God withdraws His countenance from them. The significance of the expression lies in the allusion to Deu 4:2, "Ye shall not diminish aught from the word which I command you"; they had done so, therefore God diminishes them. The reading found in six manuscripts,…

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Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 5:10

The fathers shall eat the sons - Though we have not this fact so particularly stated in history, yet we cannot doubt of it, considering the extremities to which they were reduced during the siege. The same is referred to by Jeremiah, Lam 4:10. Even the women, who were remarkable for kindness and humanity, boiled their own children, and ate them during the siege. Will I scatter into all the winds - Disperse you, by captivity, among all the nations of the earth.

John Gill

The Church Fathers

(Verse 11.) Therefore, I am alive, says the Lord God: unless for the reason that you have violated my sanctuary in all your offenses, and in all your abominations: I also will shatter (or, according to the LXX, cast away) you, and my eye will not spare, and I will not have mercy. This is specifically said to Jerusalem, because you have violated my sanctuary by forsaking me, and you have worshipped idols in my temple. I also will shatter all your idols, and I will break and overthrow them, or cast you away, because you have cast me away first. And my eye will not spare when I see you hungry, with a sword, submitting your neck to servitude, nor will I have mercy; because you do not deserve my mercy. For it is written: Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy (Matthew 5:7). This same thing must be understood in the Church, that God can say daily to teachers and priests who have acted negligently: Because you have violated my holy things in all your offenses, and in all the abominations you have committed, I will also crush and break you, and I will repay through me what you have perpetrated against my people. About whom the same Prophet speaks more fully against the shepherds here (Infra, XXXIV), that they cover themselves with the wool of the sheep and feed on milk and cheese, and do not seek the broken and sick.
— Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel

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Dictionary and topics

Hypocrisy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Idolatry · They who practise: Defile the sanctuary of God — They who practise: Defile the sanctuary of God

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 5:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 5:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 5:11

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 5:10

John Gill

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 5:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 5:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 5:11

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 5:10

John Gill

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Ezekiel 5:11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 5:10

Rashi on Ezekiel 5:8