Ezekiel 21:12
So, you human, cry and wail, because I will use my sword to kill my people, including the leaders of Israel. They and all the other people, my people, will be killed by swords, so beat your chest to show that you are sad.
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Jeremiah 25:34You evil leaders, weep and moan! You who should take care of my people, fall down and roll in the dust/dirt. It is time for you to be slaughtered; you will fall down and be shattered like a fragile vase shatters when it falls to the ground.
Jeremiah 31:19We turned away from you, but we repented; after you caused us to realize that we were guilty. We beat our chests to show that we were very ashamed [DOU] of the sins that we committed when we were young.’
Ezekiel 7:17Because everyone will be very afraid, all the people’s hands will become limp and their knees will become very weak.
Ezekiel 21:6Therefore, you human, groan! Groan in front of the Israeli people very sadly and sorrowfully [IDM, DOU].
Ezekiel 30:2“You human, prophesy about what will happen to Egypt. Say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: “Weep and wail [DOU], because terrible things will happen some day.
Joel 2:1Blow trumpets on Zion Hill, God’s sacred hill in Jerusalem! Tell the people of Judah that they should tremble, because it will soon be the time for Yahweh to punish us further.
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 →