Ezekiel 21:12
Call for help and lament, son of man! For that sword has come against my people! It is against all the leaders of Israel. 1 They are thrown against the sword with my people. Therefore, slap your thigh! 1
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Jeremiah 25:34Wail, shepherds, and shout for help! 1 Roll about in the dust, 1 you leaders of the flock, 1 for the days of your slaughter have come; 1 you will be scattered when you fall like fine pottery. 1
Jeremiah 31:19For after I turned back to you, I was sorry; after I was trained, I slapped my thigh. 1 I was ashamed and humiliated, for I have borne the guilt of my youth.' 1
Ezekiel 7:17Every hand will falter and every knee will be weak as water, 1
Ezekiel 21:6As for you, son of man, groan as your loins break! In bitterness groan before their eyes!
Ezekiel 30:2“Son of man, prophesy and say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: 1 Wail, “Woe is the coming day.” 1
Joel 2:1Blow the trumpet in Zion, 1 and sound an alarm on my holy mountain! 1 Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble in fear, 1 for the day of Yahweh is coming; 1 indeed, it is near. 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 →