Ezekiel 7:16

Ezekiel 7:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
• New International Version (NIV)The fugitives who escape will flee to the mountains. Like doves of the valleys, they will all moan, each for their own sins.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And if any survivors escape, they will be on the mountains, like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each one over his iniquity.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Those who survive will escape and be on the mountains Like doves of the valleys, All of them mourning, Each for his iniquity.

Context of Ezekiel 7:16

14‘They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one is going to the battle, for My wrath is against all their multitude. 15The sword is outside and the plague and the famine are within. He who is in the field will die by the sword; famine and the plague will also consume those in the city. Even when their survivors escape, they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, each over his own iniquity. 17All hands will hang limp and all knees will become like water. 18They will gird themselves with sackcloth and shuddering will overwhelm them; and shame will be on all faces and baldness on all their heads.

Ezekiel 7:16 word by word

וּפָֽלְטוּ֙ פְּלִ֣יטֵיהֶ֔ם וְהָי֣וּ אֶל־הֶהָרִ֗ים כְּיוֹנֵ֧י הַגֵּאָי֛וֹת כֻּלָּ֖ם הֹמ֑וֹת אִ֖ישׁ בַּעֲוֹנֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• Even when their survivorsפָּלִיטpâlîyţ pâlêyţ pâlêţ · survivorH6412
• escapeפָּלַטpâlaţ · to escapeH6403
• they will be on the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• dovesיוֹנָהyônâh · doveH3123
• of the valleysגַּיְאgay' gay · valleyH1516
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• mourningהָמָהhâmâh · to roarH1993
• eachאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• over his own iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771

Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:16

• Ezekiel 6:8“However, I will leave a remnant, for you will have those who escaped the sword among the nations when you are scattered among the countries.
• Ezra 9:15O Lord God of Israel, You are righteous, for we have been left an escaped remnant, as it is this day; behold, we are before You in our guilt, for no one can stand before You because of this.”
• Isaiah 1:9Unless the Lord of hosts Had left us a few survivors, We would be like Sodom, We would be like Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 37:31The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
• Jeremiah 44:14So there will be no refugees or survivors for the remnant of Judah who have entered the land of Egypt to reside there and then to return to the land of Judah, to which they are longing to return and live; for none will return except a few refugees.’”
• Ezekiel 6:9Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations to which they will be carried captive, how I have been hurt by their adulterous hearts which turned away from Me, and by their eyes which played the harlot after their idols; and they will loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed, for all their abominations.
• Isaiah 38:14Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights; O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.
• Isaiah 59:11All of us growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We hope for justice, but there is none, For salvation, but it is far from us.
• Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and your abominations.
• Proverbs 5:11And you groan at your final end, When your flesh and your body are consumed;
• Jeremiah 31:9With weeping they will come, And by supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk by streams of waters, On a straight path in which they will not stumble; For I am a father to Israel, And Ephraim is My firstborn.”
• Jeremiah 50:4“In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “the sons of Israel will come, both they and the sons of Judah as well; they will go along weeping as they go, and it will be the Lord their God they will seek.
• Zechariah 12:10“I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 7:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16They - shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys - Rather, like mourning doves הגאיות haggeayoth, chased from their dove-cotes, and separated from their mates.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16As doves whose natural abode is the valleys moan lamentably when driven by fear into the mountains, so shall the remnant, who have escaped actual death, moan in the land of their exile.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. 1616. (Eze 6:6). like doves--which, though usually frequenting the valleys, mount up to the mountains when fearing the bird-catcher (Psa 11:1). So Israel, once dwelling in its peaceful valleys, shall flee from the foe to the mountains, which, as being the scene of its idolatries, were justly to be made the scene of its flight and shame. The plaintive note of the dove (Is 59:11) represents the mournful repentance of Israel hereafter (Zec 12:10-12).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 7:16

• Conviction
• Remorse
• Repentance

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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