Ezekiel 21:12
And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Why sighest thou? That thou shalt answer, For the news; because it cometh; and every lev shall melt, and all hands shall go limp with fear, and every ruach shall faint, and all birkayim (knees) shall be weak as mayim; hinei, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith Adonoi Hashem.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
13Again the Devar Hashem came unto me, saying,
Cross References
Jeremiah 25:34Wail, ye ro'im (shepherds), and weep; 1 and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye leaders of the tzon; 1 for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; 1 and ye shall fall like a precious pottery vessel. 1
Jeremiah 31:19Is Ephrayim My ben yakir (dear son)? 1 Is he a yeled in whom I delight? 1 For though I spoke rebuke of him, 1 I do earnestly remember him still; 1 therefore My heart yearns for him; 1 I will surely have rachamim (mercy) upon him, saith Hashem. 1
Ezekiel 7:17All hands shall go limp, and all birkayim (knees) shall be weak as mayim.
Ezekiel 21:6And the Devar Hashem came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel 30:2Ben adam, prophesy, say, Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: 1 Wail ye: Alas for the day! 1
Joel 2:1Blow ye the shofar in Tziyon, 1 and sound an alarm on My Har Kodesh; 1 let all the yoshvei ha'aretz tremble; 1 for the Yom Hashem cometh, 1 for it is near at hand; 1
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 21:9-18
Judgments Predicted. ( b. c. 592.) 8 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord ; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: 10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. 11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. 12 Cry and… Read the whole commentary →