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 everyone is ready, but no one goes to battle, because my anger is against their whole crowd. 15The sword is outside; pestilence and famine are inside the house. Whoever is in the open field will die by the sword, and famine and pestilence will consume everyone in the city. Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys; all of them will moan – each one for his iniquity. 17All of their hands will hang limp; their knees will be wet with urine. 18They will wear sackcloth, terror will cover them; shame will be on all their faces, and all of their heads will be shaved bald.

Ezekiel 7:16 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• But they that escapeפָּלַטpâlaţ · to escapeH6403
• of them shall escapeפָּלִיטpâlîyţ pâlêyţ pâlêţ · survivorH6412
• and shall be on the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• like dovesיוֹנָהyônâh · doveH3123
• of the valleysגַּיְאgay' gay · valleyH1516
• all of them mourningהָמָהhâmâh · to roarH1993
• every oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• for his iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771

Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:16

• Ezekiel 6:8“‘But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands.
• Ezra 9:15O Lord God of Israel, you are righteous, for we are left as a remnant this day. Indeed, we stand before you in our guilt. However, because of this guilt no one can really stand before you.”
• Isaiah 1:9If the Lord who commands armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 37:31Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit.
• Jeremiah 44:14None of the Judean remnant who have come to live in the land of Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah. Though they long to return and live there, none of them shall return except a few fugitives.’”
• Ezekiel 6:9Then your survivors will remember me among the nations where they are exiled. They will realize how I was crushed by their unfaithful heart which turned from me and by their eyes which lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves because of the evil they have done and because of all their abominable practices.
• Isaiah 38:14Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O sovereign master, I am oppressed; help me!
• Isaiah 59:11We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
• Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember your evil behavior and your deeds which were not good; you will loathe yourselves on account of your sins and your abominable deeds.
• Proverbs 5:11And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away.
• Jeremiah 31:9They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel’s father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.’”
• Jeremiah 50:4“When that time comes,” says the Lord, “the people of Israel and Judah will return to the land together. They will come back with tears of repentance as they seek the Lord their God.
• Zechariah 12:10“I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for 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