Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 7:16

"But those of them that escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity." — Ezekiel 7:16 (ASV)

Like doves of the valleys. —To this general destruction there will be exceptions, as generally in war there are fugitives and captives; but these, like doves whose home is in the valleys driven by fear to the mountains, will mourn in their exile. In the mourning every one for his iniquity, iniquity is to be understood in the sense of the punishment for iniquity; the thought of repentance is not here brought forward. Their utter discouragement and feebleness and grief are further described in Ezekiel 7:17-18.