As for you, son of man, groan with [a]a breaking heart and bitter grief; you shall groan in their sight. And when they say to you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the (A)news, for it is coming; and (B)every heart will melt, all hands will go limp, every spirit will be disheartened, and all [b]knees will drip with water. Behold, it is coming and it will happen,’ declares the Lord [c]God.”

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:6 Lit shaking hips
  2. Ezekiel 21:7 Heb idiom meaning to wet oneself
  3. Ezekiel 21:7 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch

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