Ezekiel 7:18

Ezekiel 7:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
• New International Version (NIV)They will put on sackcloth and be clothed with terror. Every face will be covered with shame, and every head will be shaved.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They put on sackcloth, and horror covers them. Shame is on all faces, and baldness on all their heads.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They will also be girded with sackcloth; Horror will cover them; Shame will be on every face, Baldness on all their heads.

Context of Ezekiel 7:18

16The survivors among them will escape and live on the mountains. Like doves of the valley, all of them will moan, each over his own iniquity. 17All their hands will become weak, and all their knees will run with urine. They will put on sackcloth, and horror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be bald. 19They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem like something filthy. Their silver and gold will be unable to save them in the day of the Lord’s wrath. They will not satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs, for these were the stumbling blocks that brought about their iniquity. 20He appointed his beautiful ornaments for majesty, but they made their detestable images from them, their abhorrent things. Therefore, I have made these into something filthy to them.

Ezekiel 7:18 word by word

וְחָגְר֣וּ שַׂקִּ֔ים וְכִסְּתָ֥ה אוֹתָ֖ם פַּלָּצ֑וּת וְאֶ֤ל כָּל־פָּנִים֙ בּוּשָׁ֔ה וּבְכָל־רָאשֵׁיהֶ֖ם קָרְחָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They shall also girdחָגַרchâgar · to girdH2296
• with sackclothשַׂקώaq · sackclothH8242
• and horrorפַּלָּצוּתpallâtsûth · shudderingH6427
• shall coverכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• them; and shameבּוּשָׁהbûshâh · shameH955
• upon all facesפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• and baldnessקׇרְחָהqorchâh qorchâ' · bald spotH7144
• upon all their headsרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218

Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:18

• Isaiah 3:24Instead of perfume there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of beautifully styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothes, sackcloth; instead of beauty, branding.
• Isaiah 15:2Dibon went up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails on Nebo and at Medeba. Every head is shaved; every beard is chopped short.
• Jeremiah 48:37Indeed, every head is bald and every beard is chopped short. On every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist.
• Amos 8:10I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make that grief like mourning for an only son and its outcome like a bitter day.
• Genesis 15:12As the sun was setting, a deep sleep came over Abram, and suddenly great terror and darkness descended on him.
• Job 21:6When I think about it, I am terrified and my body trembles in horror.
• Psalms 35:26Let those who rejoice at my misfortune be disgraced and humiliated; let those who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and reproach.
• Psalms 55:4My heart shudders within me; terrors of death sweep over me.
• Jeremiah 3:25Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the Lord our God, both we and our ancestors, from the time of our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the Lord our God.”
• Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 7:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Various signs of mourning common in eastern countries. Baldness was forbidden to the Israelites Deuteronomy 14:1. They seem, however, in later times to have adopted the custom of foreign nations in this matter, not without permission. Compare Isaiah 22:12.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-22Verses 16-22 Sooner or later, sin will cause sorrow; and those who will not repent of their sin, may justly be left to pine away in it. There are many whose wealth is their snare and ruin; and the gaining the world is the losing of their souls. Riches profit not in the day of wrath. The wealth of this world has not that in it which will answer the desires of the soul, or be any satisfaction to it in a day of distress. God's temple shall stand them in no…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-27Comprehensive judgment is shown in two matching sections: Ezekiel 7:12–18 and 7:19–27. Each section begins by showing that material gain (money and property) is useless in light of the coming judgment. Then the text describes the arrival of war and its terrible results. Finally, each section ends with a picture of fear, helplessness, and deep mourning among the people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. cover them--as a garment. baldness--a sign of mourning (Is 3:24; Jr 48:37; Mi 1:16).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 7:18

• Baldness
• Remorse
• Sackcloth

In the dictionaries

• Counsel
• Devour
• Judge
• Living creatures
• Pour
• Cut; Cutting
• Cuttings in the Flesh
• Horror
• Shame
• Zedekiah (2)

Commentaries on Ezekiel 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings