Ezekiel 21:7
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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.And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”
In other translations
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.And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”
Hebrew words
וְהָיָהvehayahand it will beH1961כִּי־ki-thatH3588יֹאמְרוּyomeruthey will sayH559אֵלֶיךָ'eleikhato youH413עַל־'al-concerningH5921מָהmahwhat?H4100אַתָּה'atah[are] youH859נֶאֱנָחne'enachgroaningH584וְאָמַרְתָּve'amartaand you will sayH559אֶל־'el-because ofH413שְׁמוּעָהshemu'aha reportH8052כִי־khi-thatH3588בָאָהva'ah[it is] comingH935וְנָמֵסvenamesand it will meltH4549כָּל־kol-everyH3605לֵבlevheartH3820וְרָפוּverafuand they will hang limpH7503כָל־khol-everyH3605יָדַיִםyadayimpair of handsH3027וְכִהֲתָהvekhihatahand it will grow faintH3543כָל־khol-everyH3605רוּחַruachspiritH7307וְכָל־vekholand allH3605בִּרְכַּיִםbirkayimkneesH1290תֵּלַכְנָהtelakhnahthey will goH1980מַּיִםmayimwaterH4325הִנֵּהhinehthere!H2009בָאָהva'ah[it is] comingH935וְנִהְיָתָהvenihyatahand it will happenH1961נְאֻםne'um[the] utterance ofH5002אֲדֹנָי'adonai[the] LordH136יְהוִה׃ פyahwehYahwehH3069
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Related verses
- Ezekiel 7:17All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water.
- Ezekiel 7:26Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.
- Jeremiah 50:43The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
- Isaiah 13:7Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
- Hebrews 12:12Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.
- Nahum 2:10She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!
- Ezekiel 12:22-2822 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? 23 Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord God; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. 24 For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. 25 For I am the Lord: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord God.22 “Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’? 23 Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled. 24 For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations within the house of Israel, 25 because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”
- Job 4:3-43 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. 4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.3 Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands. 4 Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.
- 2 Samuel 17:10And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.
- 2 Kings 21:12Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it.
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