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Ezekiel 7:16-18
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Ezekiel 7:16-18
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16 Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys[a] ; all of them will moan—each one for his iniquity. 17 All their hands will hang limp; their knees will be wet with urine.[b] 18 They will wear sackcloth, terror will cover them; shame will be on all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved bald.[c]
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- Ezekiel 7:16 sn The simile compares doves that flee their valley home for the mountains, where they coo in mournful discomfort. For doves moaning or mourning see Isa 38:14; 59:11; Ezek 7:16 and Nah 2:7.
- Ezekiel 7:17 tn Heb “their knees will run with water.” The expression probably refers to urination caused by fright, which is how the LXX renders the phrase. More colloquial English would simply be “they will wet their pants,” but as D. I. Block (Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:261, n. 98) notes, the men likely wore skirts which were short enough to expose urine on the knees.
- Ezekiel 7:18 tn Heb “baldness will be on their heads.”
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