# he spoke to the others within my hearing
The word "others" refers to the guards ([Ezekiel 9:1](./01.md)).
# Do not let your eyes have compassion
The eye is a synecdoche for the person whose eye it is. Alternate translation: "Do not have compassion" (See: and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
# do not spare
"do not refrain from killing"