Therefore I will deal in wrath: In response to the sins of the people of Judah, God announces that he will punish them. He will act in his righteous anger. For the Hebrew word rendered wrath, see 5.13, where it is translated “fury.” Good News Translation renders this clause as “They will feel all the force of my anger.” Another possible model is “Therefore I will take action against them in anger.”

My eye will not spare, nor will I have pity: See 5.11 and 7.4. God will show no mercy.

And though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them: The people of Judah will pray loudly to God, but he will not listen to their prayers or change his mind. New Jerusalem Bible is good here, saying “They may cry as loudly as they like to me; I will not listen.” Another way to say this is “They can cry out to me as loudly as they like, but I will not change my mind.”

Quoted with permission from Gross, Carl & Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Ezekiel. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2016. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .