Ezekiel 21:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Cry and wail, O mortal, for it is against my people; it is against all Israel’s princes; they are thrown to the sword, together with my people. Ah! Strike the thigh!

Cross References

Isaiah 13:7

Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every human heart will melt,

Jeremiah 25:34

Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in ashes, you lords of the flock, for the days of your slaughter have come—and your dispersions, and you shall fall like a choice vessel.

Jeremiah 31:12

They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion, and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the Lord, over the grain, the wine, and the oil, and over the young of the flock and the herd; their life shall become like a watered garden, and they shall never languish again.

Jeremiah 31:19

For after I had turned away I repented, and after I was discovered, I struck my thigh; I was ashamed, and I was dismayed because I bore the disgrace of my youth.”

Ezekiel 21:11

The sword is given to be polished to be grasped in the hand; it is sharpened; the sword is polished to be placed in the slayer’s hand.

Ezekiel 21:13

For consider: What! If you despise the rod, will it not happen? says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 21:14

And you, mortal, prophesy; strike hand to hand. Let the sword fall twice, thrice; it is a sword for killing. A sword for great slaughter— it surrounds them;

Ezekiel 21:25

As for you, vile, wicked prince of Israel, you whose day has come, the time of final punishment,

Ezekiel 21:6

Moan, therefore, mortal; moan with body collapsed and bitter grief before their eyes.

Ezekiel 22:6

The princes of Israel in you, everyone according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.

Ezekiel 30:2

Mortal, prophesy, and say: Thus says the Lord God: Wail, “Alas for the day!”

Ezekiel 6:11

Thus says the Lord God: Strike your hands together and stamp your foot and say Alas! for all the vile abominations of the house of Israel. For they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.

Ezekiel 7:17

All hands shall grow feeble, all knees turn to water.

Ezekiel 9:8

While they were killing and I was left alone, I fell prostrate on my face and cried out, “Ah Lord God! Will you destroy all who remain of Israel as you pour out your wrath upon Jerusalem?”

Joel 1:13

Put on sackcloth and lament, you priests; wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, pass the night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God! Grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.

Joel 2:1

Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming, it is near—

Micah 1:8

For this I will lament and wail; I will go barefoot and naked; I will make lamentation like the jackals and mourning like the ostriches.