Ezekiel 5 · Verse 11

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.
Ezekiel 5:11, King James Version

Ezekiel 5:11 in other translations

BSBTherefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.
WEBTherefore as I live,’ says the Lord GOD, ‘surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things, and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you. My eye won’t spare, and I will have no pity.
ASVWherefore, 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.
YLTTherefore, I live--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah: Because My sanctuary thou hast defiled, With all thy detestable things, And with all thine abominations, Mine eye pitieth not, and I also spare not. Do not even I also diminish?
DARBYWherefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, verily because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also withdraw mine eye, and it shall not spare, nor will I have any pity.
BBEFor this cause, by my life, says the Lord, because you have made my holy place unclean with all your hated things and all your disgusting ways, you will become disgusting to me; my eye will have no mercy and I will have no pity.
WebsterWherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thy abominations, therefore I will also diminish thee; neither shall my eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

What does Ezekiel 5:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. as I live--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 As the Jews had withdrawn from God's sanctuary its sacredness by "defiling" it, so God withdraws His countenance from them.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 De 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, "I will cut thee off," is not so good.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 5:5-17

The sentence passed upon Jerusalem is very dreadful, the manner of expression makes it still more so. Who is able to stand in God's sight when he is angry? Those who live and die impenitent, will perish for ever unpitied; there is a day coming when the Lord will not spare. Let not persons or churches, who change the Lord's statutes, expect to escape the doom of Jerusalem. Let us endeavour to adorn the doctrine of…

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Ezekiel 5:11 in the original Hebrew

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לָכֵ֣ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
חַי\־chai-[by] [the] lifeH2416
אָ֗נִי'A.niof meH589
נְאֻם֮ne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִה֒Yah.wehYahwehH3069
אִם\־'im-ifH518
לֹ֗אLo'notH3808
יַ֚עַןYa.'anbecauseH3282
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מִקְדָּשִׁ֣יmik.da.Shisanctuary myH4720
טִמֵּ֔אתti.Metyou have made uncleanH2930
בְּכָל\־be.kholby allH3605
שִׁקּוּצַ֖יִךְshi.ku.Tza.yikhdetestable things yourH8251
וּבְכָל\־u.ve.Khol-and by allH3605
תּוֹעֲבֹתָ֑יִךְto.'a.vo.Ta.yikhabominations yourH8441
וְגַם\־ve.gam-and alsoH1571
אֲנִ֤י'a.NiIH589
אֶגְרַע֙'eg.Ra'I will shave [you]H1639
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
תָח֣וֹסta.Chosit will look with compassionH2347
עֵינִ֔י'ei.Nieye myH5869
וְגַם\־ve.gam-and alsoH1571
אֲנִ֖י'a.NiIH589
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
אֶחְמֽוֹל\׃'ech.MolI will show pityH2550

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 5:11

  • 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 therein: therefore have I set it far from them.

  • 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 house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

  • 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 the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • 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 behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.

  • 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 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; And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord.

  • 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 midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth.

  • Lamentations 2:21

    The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.

  • Ezekiel 9:5

    And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:

  • Ezekiel 8:18

    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.

  • Ezekiel 11:21

    But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord God.

  • Ezekiel 9:10

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
as I live.
Nu 14:28-35; Ps 95:11; Am 8:7; Heb 6:13
thou hast.
8:5,6,16; 23:28; 44:7; 2Ki 21:4,7; 23:12; 2Ch 33:4,7; 36:14
Jer 7:9-11; 32:34
detestable.
7:20; 11:18,21; De 7:25,26; Jer 16:18; 44:4
will I.
29:15; Ps 107:39; Jer 10:24; *marg:
Ro 11:12
neither shall.
7:4,9; 8:18; 9:5,10; 24:14; De 29:20; La 2:21; Zec 11:6; Mal 3:17
Ro 8:32; 11:21; 2Pe 2:4,5

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Context

  • Ezekiel 5:10

    Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 5:12

    A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

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Ezekiel 5:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por tanto, vivo yo, dice el Señor Jehová, ciertamente por haber violado mi santuario con todas tus abominaciones, te quebrantaré yo también: mi ojo no perdonará, ni tampoco tendré yo misericordia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
C’est pourquoi, je suis vivant, dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel! parce que tu as rendu impur mon sanctuaire par toutes tes choses exécrables et par toutes tes abominations, moi aussi, je retirerai mon œil et il n’aura plus compassion, et moi aussi je ne t’épargnerai pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Darum, so wahr ich lebe, spricht der Herr, Jehova: Wahrlich, weil du mein Heiligtum verunreinigt hast durch alle deine Scheusale und durch alle deine Greuel, so will auch ich mein Auge abziehen ohne Mitleid und auch ich will mich nicht erbarmen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Idcirco vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus, nisi pro eo quod sanctum meum violasti in omnibus offensionibus tuis et in cunctis abominationibus tuis, ego quoque confringam: et non parcet oculus meus, et non miserebor.