Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 21:6

"Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes." — Ezekiel 21:6 (ASV)

With the breaking of your loins. —The loins were regarded as the seat of strength (Job 40:16); and the breaking of these, therefore, expresses entire prostration. Compare to Psalm 66:11; Psalms 69:23; Isaiah 21:3; Nahum 2:10. The prophet was to do this before their eyes, that is, was in some way to express before them a sense of extreme dejection and prostration, such as should call forth the question and reply of the following verse. With the expression Every heart shall melt, compare to Luke 21:26.