Ezekiel 21:12
Make an outcry and howl son of man, For the same hath come against my people, the same is against all the princes of Israel,- Who are thrown to the sword with my people, Therefore smite thou upon thy thigh.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Jeremiah 25:34Howl ye shepherds and make outcry, And roll in the dust ye illustrious of the flock, Because your days for being slaughtered, are fulfilled,—Therefore will I break you in pieces, and ye shall fall like a precious vessel!
Jeremiah 31:19Surely after my return, I was filled with regret, And after I came to know myself, I smote upon the thigh,—I turned pale and was even confounded For I had borne the reproach of my youthful days.
Ezekiel 7:17All hands shall be unnerved; and All knees shall be weak as water,
Ezekiel 21:6Thou, therefore O son of man sigh,— In the sharp pain of thy loins and in bitterness, shalt thou sigh before their eyes.
Ezekiel 30:2Son of man Prophesy. and thou shalt say, Thus saith My Lord Yahweh,— Howl ye. Alas for the day!
Joel 2:1Blow ye a horn in Zion, sound an alarm in my holy mountain, let all the inhabitants of the land, tremble,—for coming is the day of Yahweh, for it is near!—
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 →