Ezekiel 21:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And when they say to you, “Why do you moan?” you shall say, “Because of the news that has come. Every heart will melt, and all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will turn to water. See, it comes and it will be fulfilled,” says the Lord God.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:10

Then even the valiant warrior whose heart is like the heart of a lion will utterly melt with fear, for all Israel knows that your father is a warrior and that those who are with him are valiant warriors.

2 Kings 21:12

therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I am bringing upon Jerusalem and Judah such evil that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.

Psalm 58:7

Let them vanish like water that runs away; like grass let them be trodden down and wither.

Exodus 15:15

Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed; trembling seized the leaders of Moab; all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.

Isaiah 13:7

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

Isaiah 28:19

As often as it passes through, it will take you, for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night, and it will be sheer terror to understand the message.”

Isaiah 35:3

Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble knees.

Isaiah 7:2

When the house of David heard that Aram had allied itself with Ephraim, the heart of Ahaz and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

Jeremiah 26:12

Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and all the people, saying, “It is the Lord who sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard.

Jeremiah 49:23

Concerning Damascus. Hamath and Arpad are confounded, for they have heard bad news; they melt in fear; they are troubled like the sea that cannot be quiet.

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon heard news of them, and his hands fell helpless; anguish seized him, pain like that of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 8:18

My joy is gone; grief is upon me; my heart is sick.

Lamentations 5:17

Because of this our hearts are sick; because of these things our eyes have grown dim:

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “Ah Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of allegories?’ ”

Ezekiel 21:15

therefore hearts melt, and many stumble. At all their gates I have set the point of the sword. Ah! It is made for flashing; it is drawn for slaughter.

Ezekiel 21:6

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

Ezekiel 21:8

And the word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 22:14

Can your courage endure, or can your hands remain strong in the days when I shall deal with you? I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.

Ezekiel 24:19

Then the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting this way?”

Ezekiel 6:2

O mortal, set your face toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them

Ezekiel 7:17

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

Ezekiel 7:26

Disaster comes upon disaster; rumor follows rumor; they shall keep seeking a vision from the prophet; instruction shall perish from the priest and counsel from the elders.

Daniel 5:6

Then the king’s face turned pale, and his thoughts terrified him. His limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together.

Leviticus 26:36

And as for those of you who survive, I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; the sound of a driven leaf shall put them to flight, and they shall flee as one flees from the sword, and they shall fall though no one pursues.

Nahum 2:10

Devastation, desolation, and destruction! Hearts faint and knees tremble; all loins quake; all faces grow pale!

Luke 21:26

People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Deuteronomy 20:8

The officers shall continue to address the troops, saying, ‘Is anyone afraid or disheartened? He should go back to his house, or he might cause the heart of his comrades to melt like his own.’

Hebrews 12:12

Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees

Joshua 5:1

When all the kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan to the west and all the kings of the Canaanites by the sea heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan for the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted, and there was no longer any spirit in them because of the Israelites.

Joshua 7:5

The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them, chasing them from outside the gate as far as Shebarim and killing them on the slope. The hearts of the people melted and turned to water.

1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things is near; therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers.