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 the rebellious nation of Israel ask you what you were doing?

Then I said: Oh no! Lord Jehovah, no! The people already say that I am only telling stories (a figure of speech or a parable).

The people said to me: Will you not tell us what these things that you are doing mean for us?

For the

Calamity upon calamity will come, and rumor upon rumor. They will try to get a vision from the prophet. The teaching of the law by the priest will be lost, as will the counsel of the elders.

Because of this,' says Jehovah the God of Israel: 'I will send such evil on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of all who hear of it will burn.

A report was made to the house of David saying: Aram has allied itself with Ephraim. The heart of Ahaz and the heart of his people shook (their courage failed) as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

As often as it passes through it will take you. Morning by morning it will pass over, and by day and by night. It will be a terror just to understand the report.

Jehovah says: Behold, a people is coming from the northland! A great nation will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.

This is what Jehovah said about Damascus: The people in the cities of Hamath and Arpad are worried and troubled because they have heard bad news. Anxiety rolls over them like a sea, and they cannot rest.

And every

The sheiks (chiefs) of Edom were dismayed. The leaders of Moab are griped with fear. The inhabitants of Canaan are filled with fear.

The officers will also say to the men: Is there any man here who has lost his nerve and is afraid? If so, he is to go home. Otherwise, he will destroy the morale of the others.

Moses called all the people of Israel, and said: Hear, O Israel, the regulations and laws I declare to you today. Learn them and obey them!

Even the bravest man with a heart like a lion would lose his courage. All Israel knows that your father is a mighty man and the men with him are brave.

She is empty and void, a city laid waste! The hearts melt and the knees knock together. There is pain in all the hips and their faces have all grown pale.

All hands

Look, you have instructed many people. When hands were weak, you made them strong.

Strengthen the tired hands and the knees that tremble with weakness.

The king of Babylon has heard reports about them, and he loses courage. Anguish will grip him as pain grips a woman in labor.

Men will faint out of fear for expectation of the things coming on the world. The powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

Lift up the hands that hang down, and the feeble knees.

Faint

I will fill those who are left in the land of their enemies with despair. The sound of a windblown leaf will make them run. They will run away and fall, but no one will be chasing them.

All hands will fall impaired (weakened). Every man's heart will melt (courage will fail).

My sorrow is beyond healing, my heart is faint within me!

Because of this our hearts are feeble. For these things our eyes are dark.

It cometh

Son of man, the Lord Jehovah says to the land of Israel: 'The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.

Son of man, what is this proverb you people have concerning the land of Israel. You say: 'The days are long and every vision fails?'

The end of all things is near. Be of sound mind and judgment. Also be sober for the purpose of prayer.

General references

The people said to me: Will you not tell us what these things that you are doing mean for us?

Lift up the hands that hang down, and the feeble knees.