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Ezekiel 21:7 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 21 · verse 7
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.Ezekiel 21:7 · King James Version
Ezekiel 21:7 in context
5That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
6Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
7And 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.
8Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
9Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sighestʼânachto sighH584 →
- tidingsshᵉmûwʻâhsomething heardH8052 →
- comethbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- feeblerâphâhto slackenH7503 →
- spiritrûwachwindH7307 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
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The prophet had faithfully delivered the message he was entrusted with, in the close of the foregoing chapter, in the terms wherein he received it, not daring to add his own comment upon it;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7