Ezekiel 21:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrorsc by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh. ”

Ezekiel 21:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The second word of judgment: the glittering and destroying sword. The passage may be called the “Lay of the Sword;” it is written in the form of Hebrew poetry, with its characteristic parallelism....
Ezekiel 21:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Cry and wail, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it [shall be] upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: (k) smite therefore upon [thy] thigh....
Ezekiel 21:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 20:45 to Ezekiel 21:32 . The Terrible Sword of Nebuchadrezzar. Here again, as shortly before (chs. 18f.), a piece of theological oratory is followed by a poem this time a wild irregular...
Ezekiel 21:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

it : i.e. the sword of Jehovah, the king of Babylon. princes . leaders. be . come. terrors by , &c.. who shall be delivered to the sword with My People. smite therefore , &c. This wa...
Ezekiel 21:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh. Smite...
Ezekiel 21:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh. T...
Ezekiel 21:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

3, 4. The righteous and the wicked ] corresponding to the green tree and the dry in the parable ( Ezekiel 20:47 ). In spite of his strict theory of retribution in Ezekiel 18 , Ezekiel recognised th...
Ezekiel 21:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(8-17) This second prophecy is an expansion of the last, Ezekiel 21:8-13 corresponding to 2-5, and Ezekiel 21:14-17 to Ezekiel 21:6-7 . In several of its clauses modern criticism has been able t...
Ezekiel 21:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE SWORD UNSHEATHED Ezekiel 21:1-32 THE date at the beginning of chapter 20 introduces the fourth and last section of the prophecies delivered before the destruction of Jerusalem. It also divi...
Ezekiel 21:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The commission was then repeated in terms of explanation. Ezekiel was to set his face against Jerusalem, and prophesy against the land of Israel, declaring that Jehovah would draw His sword out of it...
Ezekiel 21:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This seems to be another sermon to the same amount as the former. The Lord directs His servant to continue his alarming message, and again and again to cry concerning the sword of the Lord's slaughte...
Ezekiel 21:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Cry, howl, son of man ,.... Not only sigh, but cry; and not cry only, but howl; signifying hereby that this would be the case of the Jews when these calamities should come upon them; and, in order t...
Ezekiel 21:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it [shall be] upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon [thy] thigh. V...
Ezekiel 21:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Cry and howl, son of man As a mark of the vehemence of thy grief. For it shall be upon my people Namely, the devouring sword; upon all the princes of Israel Both princes and people shall be inv...
Ezekiel 21:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments Predicted. B. C. 592. 8 Again the word of the L ORD came unto me, saying, ...
Ezekiel 21:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Cry, as one in great distress; nay, how unseemly soever it may appear, howl, that they may by this know what sorrows are coming on them, and how they, like wild beasts taken in the toils and girts,...
Ezekiel 21:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Cry and howl, son of man, for it (the sword) is against my people, it is against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Smite therefore on your thigh. For th...
Ezekiel 21:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXEGETICAL NOTES. ( Ezekiel 21:8-17 .) The sword is sharpened for slaying. As they are a people who refuse to understand, the judgment is announced in the plainest terms. Ezekiel 21:9 . “ And also...
Ezekiel 21:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 21:2 . Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places. In the Latin bibles, this chapter begins at 21:45 of the preseding, which preserves unity in the...
Ezekiel 21:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ezekiel 21:2 , Ezekiel 21:3 The opening words, reproducing those of Ezekiel 20:46 , indicate that the interpretation of that parable is coming. So the three variants of "so...
Ezekiel 21:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sword of the Lord.
Ezekiel 21:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 21:14 ; Ezekiel 21:6 ; Ezekiel 30:2 ; Ezekiel 6:11 ; Ezekiel 9:8 ; Jeremiah 25:34 ; Jeremiah 31:12 ; Joel 1:13 ; Micah 1:8
Ezekiel 21:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

It — The devouring sword. Upon thy thigh — In token of thy sense of what they must suffer.

Ezekiel 21:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 21:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 21:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 21:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 21:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 21:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 21:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 21:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 21:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 21:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 21:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 21:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 21:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 21:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 21:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 21:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 21:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 21:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 21:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 21:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 21:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 21:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 21:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes