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.
Ver. 4. And mine eye shall not spare thee.] Ezekiel 5:11. See on Jeremiah 13:14 .
And thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee.] Ut quae antea latuerant, in aperture prodeant.
And ye shall know that I am the Lord.] That smiteth you. Eze 7:9
An evil, an only evil,] viz., Without mixture of mercy, or that shall smite thee down at one only blow. as 1Sa 26:8 Nah 1:9 The Vulgate, after the Chaldee, rendereth it, An evil after an evil - q.d., Lighter and lesser judgments have done no good upon thee. Now I will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness. Rom 9:28 Ruinam praecedunt stillicidia. Drops precede disaster.