Reference

Ezekiel 9:10

And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
8

And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord God! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?

9

Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not.

10

And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.

11

And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Punishment Language
Keyword Match
100% relevance

This verse contains specific terms directly associated with this theme.

Annihilation / Destruction
Semantic Discovery
80% relevance

This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Destruction / Perishing Language
Semantic Discovery
70% relevance

This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Hell Terminology (Sheol/Hades/Gehenna/Lake of Fire)
Multi-Signal Classification
65% relevance

This verse was identified by multiple independent signals: structural patterns, prophetic context, and vocabulary — then validated by a probability model (Snorkel).

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Punishment Language

There is no argument that this verse does not support the theme "Punishment Language" as it explicitly uses the word "recompense" in the context of divine judgment.

Annihilation / Destruction

The verse speaks of "recompensing their way upon their head," which could imply a form of punishment or consequence rather than outright cessation of existence.

Destruction / Perishing Language

The verse speaks of recompense and a lack of pity, which implies judgment, but it does not explicitly use terms like "destroy," "perish," or "consume" to describe the outcome. The "recompense their way upon their head" could be interpreted as a general consequence rather than a specific act of destruction.