“Then Yahweh said to me.
‘Have you seen this?
O son of man!
Is it not bad enough
That the house of Judah
Commits the abominations
Done here?
Must they fill the land
With violence?
Must they provoke
My anger further?
See!
They put the branch
To their nose.
Therefore I will act
In wrath!
My eye will not spare!
I will not have pity!
Although they cry
In my hearing
With a loud voice,
I will not listen to them.’”
Then Yahweh warned Ezekiel again. Had he seen enough? The house of Judah committed all these abominations. On top of that, they filled the land with violence. They had provoked the anger of Yahweh. They even put branches in their noses as some kind of worship activity. Yahweh was going to act against them in his anger. He was not going to spare them or show any pity. Even if they cried very loudly, Yahweh was not going to listen to them. Their actions spoke louder than their words.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 