Ezekiel 21:7

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Ezekiel 21:7

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Summary

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.

Wherefore

Ezekiel 12:9

Ezekiel 20:49

Ezekiel 24:19

For the

And every

Nahum 2:10

All hands

Hebrews 12:12

Faint

It cometh

Ezekiel 7:2

Ezekiel 12:22

1 Peter 4:7

General references

Ezekiel 24:19

Hebrews 12:12

Bible References

Wherefore

"Son of man, did not they, the house of Israel, the house of rebellion, say to you, 'What [are] you doing?'

Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh, they are saying about me, '[Is] he not posing a parable?'"

And the people said to me, "Will you not make known to us what these [things] that you are doing [mean] for us?"

For the

Calamity upon calamity will come, and rumor will be upon rumor. And they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction will perish from [the] priest and counsel from [the] elders.

therefore, thus says Yahweh the God of Israel, 'Look, I am bringing disaster upon Jerusalem and Judah about which the two ears of all who hear it will tingle.

When it was reported to the house of David, saying "Aram stands by Ephraim," his heart and the heart of his people shook like the shaking of the trees of [the] forest because of [the] wind.

{As often as it passes through}, it will take you, for {morning by morning} it will pass through, in the day and in the night, and understanding [the] message will be only terror."

Thus says Yahweh: "Look, a people [is] coming from [the] land of [the] north, a great nation is woken up from [the] farthest part of [the] earth.

Concerning Damascus: "Hamath and Arpad are ashamed, for they have heard bad news; they melt. [There is] concern in the sea. It is not able to keep quiet.

And every

Then the chiefs of Edom were horrified; great distress seized the leaders of Moab; all of the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.

And the officials shall continue to speak to the troops, and they shall say, '{What man} is afraid {and disheartened}? Let him go, and let him return to his house, and let him not cause the heart of his brothers to melt like his.'

And [then] Moses summoned all [of] Israel and said to them, "Hear, Israel, the rules and the regulations that I [am] speaking in your ears {today}, and you shall learn them, and {you must observe them diligently}.

And he [is] also a {valiant warrior}, whose heart [is] like the heart of the lion. He will {certainly melt} with fear, for all Israel knows that your father [is] a mighty warrior and [those] who [are] with him [are] {valiant warriors}.

Emptiness and plundering and devastation! Their hearts faint and their knees tremble, {All their loins shake} and all their faces {turn} pale.

All hands

Look, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened weak hands.

Strengthen [the] weak hands and make [the] staggering knees firm.

The king of Babylon heard their report and his hands grew slack. Anxiety has seized him, fear and pain like the [woman who] gives birth.

people fainting from fear and expectation of what is coming on the inhabited earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Therefore strengthen your slackened hands and your weakened knees,

Faint

As for the ones who remain among you, I will bring fearfulness in their hearts in the land of their enemies; and a sound of a windblown leaf shall pursue them, and they shall flee [like] flight {before} a sword, and they shall fall, but there shall not be a pursuer.

Therefore all hands will grow slack, and every human heart will melt,

"My comfort [is gone] from me, sorrow [is] on me, my heart [is] sick.

Because of this, our heart has become faint, because of these, our eyes have become dim.

It cometh

"And you, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh to the land of Israel: '[The] end comes, the end on the four corners of the land.

"Son of man, what [is] this proverb {you people have} about the land of Israel, {saying}, '{The days are prolonged}, and every vision has come to nothing.'

Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers.

General references

And the people said to me, "Will you not make known to us what these [things] that you are doing [mean] for us?"

Therefore strengthen your slackened hands and your weakened knees,