Ezekiel 21:6

Ezekiel 21:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
• New International Version (NIV)“Therefore groan, son of man! Groan before them with broken heart and bitter grief.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"As for you, son of man, groan; with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan before their eyes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Sigh therefore, son of man, with a breaking heart, and sigh with bitterness before their eyes.

Context of Ezekiel 21:6

4Because I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore My sword will go out from its sheath against humanity from south to north. 5So humanity will know that I, the Lord, have drawn My sword from its sheath. It will not return to its sheath again.”’ As for you, son of man, groan with a breaking heart and bitter grief; you shall groan in their sight. 7And when they say to you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news, for it is coming; and every heart will melt, all hands will go limp, every spirit will be disheartened, and all knees will drip with water. Behold, it is coming and it will happen,’ declares the Lord God.” 8And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 21:6 word by word

וְאַתָּ֥ה בֶן־אָדָ֖ם הֵֽאָנַ֑ח בְּשִׁבְר֤וֹן מָתְנַ֙יִם֙ וּבִמְרִיר֔וּת תֵּֽאָנַ֖ח לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• As for you, sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• groanאָנַח'ânach · to sighH584
• a breakingשִׁבָּרוֹןshibrôn · breakingH7670
• heartמׇתְנַ֫יִםmôthen · loinH4975
• and bitterמְרִירוּתmerîyrûth · bitternessH4814
• in their sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869

Cross-references for Ezekiel 21:6

• Ezekiel 21:12Cry out and wail, son of man; for it is against My people, it is against all the officials of Israel. They are turned over to the sword with My people, therefore slap your thigh.
• Ezekiel 6:11“This is what the Lord God says: ‘Clap your hands, stamp your foot and say, “Woe, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, which will fall by the sword, famine, and plague!
• Ezekiel 9:4And the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and make a mark on the foreheads of the people who groan and sigh over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.”
• Isaiah 22:4Therefore I say, “Look away from me, Let me weep bitterly, Do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
• Jeremiah 4:19My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart! My heart is pounding in me; I cannot keep silent, Because, my soul, you have heard The sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war.
• Jeremiah 9:17This is what the Lord of armies says: “Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come; And send for the skillful women, that they may come!
• John 11:33Therefore when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled,
• Isaiah 16:11Therefore my inner being sounds like a harp for Moab. And my heart for Kir-hareseth.
• Isaiah 21:3For this reason my loins are full of anguish; Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in labor. I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.
• Jeremiah 30:6Ask now, and see If a male can give birth. Why do I see every man With his hands on his waist, as a woman in childbirth? And why have all faces turned pale?
• Daniel 5:6Then the king’s face became pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints loosened and his knees began knocking together.
• Daniel 8:27Then I, Daniel, was exhausted and sick for days. Then I got up and carried on the king’s business; but I was astounded at the vision, and there was no one to explain it.
• Nahum 2:10She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and waste! Hearts are melting and knees wobbling! Also trembling is in the entire body, And all their faces have become pale!
• Habakkuk 3:16I heard, and my inner parts trembled; At the sound, my lips quivered. Decay enters my bones, And in my place I tremble; Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress, For the people to arise who will attack us.
• Ezekiel 4:12You shall eat it as a barley cake, having baked it in their sight over human dung.”
• Ezekiel 12:3So as for you, son of man, prepare for yourself baggage for exile and go into exile by day in their sight; that is, go into exile from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 21:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Sigh - with the breaking of thy loins - Let thy mourning for this sore calamity be like that of a woman in the pains of travail.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6The prophet was directed to let the people see him sighing and prostrate, as a sign of the sorrow and weakness about to come upon the people. The breaking of thy loins - The prostration of strength; the loins being the seat of strength.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7Ezekiel's groaning showed that in the coming judgment, even the bravest would feel fear and the strong would become weak. The judgment that had been announced was now a harsh reality (compare Ezekiel 7:1–4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. with the breaking of thy loins--as one afflicted with pleurisy; or as a woman, in labor-throes, clasps her loins in pain, and heaves and sighs till the girdle of the loins is broken by the violent action of the body (Jr 30:6).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 21:6

• Ezekiel
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In the dictionaries

• Son of man
• Parting
• Privy
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 21

• 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