Ezekiel 5:11

defiled my sanctuary The commentary on this is supplied by ch. 8.

will I also diminishthee] The word is so rendered ch. Ezekiel 16:27, where, however, an object follows the verb. The balance of clauses here: I also will and mine eye shall not spare: I also will not pity, appears to shew that the word expresses one idea along with the words "mine eye shall not spare." This can hardly be expressed otherwise than: I also will withdraw mine eye and it shall not spare; I also will have no pity. For the phrase "withdraw the eye" cf. Job 36:7. In ch. Ezekiel 24:14 a similar word occurs, but there with the negative. Targ. Vulg. render "hew down," but this kind of reading (dfor r) is too familiar to be of any value. Perhaps the reading might be: I also am against theeand mine eye shall not spare, (form of "against thee" as Ezekiel 21:8, cf. here Ezekiel 5:8). Cf. ch. Ezekiel 8:18.