Ezekiel 21:7
Old Testament • 23 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
עָנָה
ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...
שֵׁמַע
shêmaʻ
something heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
צָרַף
tsâraph
to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
כָּשַׁל
kâshal
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
מוּג
mûwg
to melt, i.e. literally (to soften, flow down, disappear), or figuratively (to fear, faint)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
Key Terms in This Verse
כָּשַׁל kâshal
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
Study H3782 →מוּג mûwg
to melt, i.e. literally (to soften, flow down, disappear), or figuratively (to fear, faint)
Study H4127 →שֵׁמַע shêmaʻ
something heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience
Study H8088 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →עָנָה ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
Study H6030 →Cross References
All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as w...
And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the wat...
Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from ...
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