Ezekiel 21:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 weaka as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD. ”

Ezekiel 21:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And it shall be, when they say to thee, Why sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, (e) For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit s...
Ezekiel 21:7 - 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 21:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

spirit. Hebrew. ruach, App-9. saith the Lord GOD . [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle. See note on Ezekiel 2:4 .
Ezekiel 21:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 spir...
Ezekiel 21:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For the tidings— Because tidings shall come, at which every heart, &c. Behold, they draw near, and it shall come to pass, &c. Houbigant.
Ezekiel 21:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Ezekiel 21:7 - 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 21:7 - 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 21:7 - 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 21:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It should seem that this was but a continuation of the preceding chapter, where the Lord had commanded the Prophet to set his face toward the south, and prophecy. For, as the Prophet complained that...
Ezekiel 21:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, wherefore sighest thou ?.... Which he was to do that purpose, that they might be put upon asking him the reason of it; whether it was on his own personal am...
Ezekiel 21:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 spi...
Ezekiel 21:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Sigh, therefore, with the breaking of thy loins , &c. Show all the tokens of grief and concern; sigh and groan deeply; let the sense of these impending judgments so greatly affect thee, as to ma...
Ezekiel 21:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings against Israel; Judgments Predicted. B. C. 592. 1 And the word of the L ORD...
Ezekiel 21:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This directs the prophet what account to give them, when they shall, as they certainly will, inquire what he meaneth by such unusual sorrows. Is it any private misery that makes thee sigh thus, or do...
Ezekiel 21:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Sigh, therefore, you son of man. You will sigh with the breaking of your loins and with bitterness before their eyes. And it will be when they say to you, ‘Why do you sigh?', that you will say, ‘Bec...
Ezekiel 21:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE FIRE AND SWORD OF DIVINE JUSTICE GO FORTH AGAINST HEATHENISED JERUSALEM. (Chap. 21). EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The people had turned all their hopes towards the mother country,—the city and kingdom. The...
Ezekiel 21:7 - 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 21:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Wherefore sighest thou? .. .For the tidings. Sighing because of sorrowful tidings “The tidings” were, in the first place, of dishonour done to God, and, in the second place, of ruin which the...
Ezekiel 21:7 - 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 21:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sword of the Lord.
Ezekiel 21:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 4:7 ; 2 Kings 21:12 ; 2 Samuel 17:10 ; Deuteronomy 20:8 ; Exodus 15:15 ; Ezekiel 12:22-28 ; Ezekiel 12:9-11 ; Ezekiel 20:49 ; Ezekiel 24:19 ; Ezekiel 7:17 ; Ezekiel 7:2-12 ; Ezeki...
Ezekiel 21:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Because — The saddest news you ever heard is coming.

Ezekiel 21:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 21:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 21:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 21:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 21:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 21:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 21:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 21:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 21:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 21:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 21:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 21:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 21:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 21:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 21:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 21:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 21:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 21:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 21:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 21:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 21:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 21:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 21:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes