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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:6 Lit loins
  2. Ezekiel 21:7 Lit be dim
  3. Ezekiel 21:7 Lit flow
  4. Ezekiel 21:7 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch