EZEKIEL 21:7

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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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.

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Ezekiel 21:7 Translation & Meaning

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And it shall be, וְהָיָה֙ To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) And it shall be
when כִּֽי (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed when
they say יֹאמְר֣וּ To say (used with great latitude) say
unto אֵלֶ֔יךָ Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
thee, Wherefore עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications Wherefore
sighest נֶאֱנָ֑ח To sigh sighest
thou? אַתָּ֣ה Thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you thou
that thou shalt answer, וְאָמַרְתָּ֡ To say (used with great latitude) answer
For אֶל Near, with or among; often in general, to For
the tidings; שְׁמוּעָ֣ה Something heard, i.e., an announcement tidings
because כִֽי (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed because
it cometh: בָאָ֡ה To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) cometh
and every כָּל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) every
heart לֵב֩ The heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything heart
shall melt, וְנָמֵ֣ס To liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief) melt
and all כָל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) all
hands יָדַ֜יִם A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] hands
shall be feeble, וְרָפ֨וּ To slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative) feeble
and every כָל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) every
spirit ר֗וּחַ Wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) spirit
shall faint, וְכִהֲתָ֣ה To be weak, i.e., (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull faint
and all וְכָל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) all
knees בִּרְכַּ֙יִם֙ A knee knees
shall be weak תֵּלַ֣כְנָה To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) weak
as (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
water: מַּ֔יִם Water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen water
behold, הִנֵּ֤ה Lo! behold
it cometh, בָאָה֙ To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) cometh
and shall be brought to pass, וְנִֽהְיָ֔תָה To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) brought pass
saith נְאֻ֖ם An oracle saith
the Lord אֲדֹנָ֥י The Lord (used as a proper name of God only) Lord
God. יְהוִֽה׃ God God

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  • 5  That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

  • 6  Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

  • 7  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.

  • 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:




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