I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who strikes the blow.
This verse contains nothing besides a repetition, unless that at last the Prophet more clearly points out what that knowledge was which he formerly mentioned, namely, that they should unwillingly feel God’s power, because they had withdrawn their confidence from the Prophet’s teaching.
When the town is on fire, men cry "Fire! fire!" through the streets with a loud voice, not quaint expressions. So I proclaim: An end! An end! It has come, it has come. This is the end they were warned of so often, the one they flattered themselves would never arrive. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 7:1-15
Behold the day, behold, it is come,.... That is, the day of trouble and distress, said to be near, Eze 7:3; the morning is gone forth; See Gill on Eze 7:7; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded; both these phrases may be understood of Nebuchadnezzar; he was the rod, with which the Lord smote his people, as the Assyrian monarch is called the rod...