Ezekiel 7:4, commentary and pictures

Ezekiel 7:4 belongs to the prophecies concerning Judah and Jerusalem, announcing that God would not spare the people nor show them pity but would repay them for their conduct and lay bare their abominations, so that through this judgment they would know that He is the LORD. As part of Ezekiel chapters 1-10 it stands within the visions of the sanctuary and true tabernacle in heaven and of the cherubim, which reveal the exalted position occupied and consequently the great power possessed by a covering cherub. It is part of a graphic prophecy of judgment that reaches down to the present day.

The verse declares that in judgment God's eye will not spare and He will have no pity, raising the solemn question whether there is any eye to pity. At the time of the end this applies to the wicked, whom God will not spare or pity. He will recompense their ways upon them and cause their abominations to remain exposed in their midst, and through this they shall know that He is the LORD.

The verse teaches that God gives intelligences power and freedom to act and holds them accountable, vindicating justice by bringing them to judgment and repaying their ways and abominations without sparing or pity. Ezekiel 7, including this verse, is a prophecy of the coming time of trouble when the nations will face calamity before Christ's appearing. The chapter is testimony about the character that should mark God's people in the last days, calling for heed and for mourning and weeping rather than joking and jesting.