Ezekiel 21:12

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

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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 He...
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...
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...
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 w...
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...
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 upo...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Cry.. howl.. smite ] tokens of Ezekiel's excited sympathy with God's justice. Terrors.. upon my people] RV 'they' (the princes) 'are delivered ove...
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 sever...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Smite therefore upon thy thigh. — A mark of extreme grief, see Jeremiah 31:19 . The connection of Ezekiel 21:11-12 with the objection in Ezekie...
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...
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, dec...
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...
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...
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...
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 princ...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments Predicted. B. C. 592. 8 Ag...
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 th...
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 wit...
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 i...
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...
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 th...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sword of the Lord.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Cry and howl, son of man, namely, from fear and grief; for it shall be upon My people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel; terrors by reason...
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

¹² 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.

Related Commentaries of Ezekiel 21:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 21:12