With the breaking of thy loins. — The loins were regarded as the seat of strength (Job 40:16); and the breaking of these, therefore, expresses entire prostration. Comp. Psalms 66:11; Psalms 69:23; Isaiah 21:3; Nahum 2:10. The prophet was to do this “before their eyes,” i.e., was in some way to express before them a sense of extreme dejection and prostration, such as should call forth the question and reply of the following verse. With the expression “Every heart shall melt” comp. Luke 21:26.
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Ezekiel 21:6
6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.