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Cry and wail, son of man; for it is on my people, it is on all the princes of Israel: they are delivered over to the sword with my people; strike therefore on your thigh.
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A Prophet's Embodied Grief
God commands Ezekiel to "cry and wail" and "smite... upon thy thigh." Commentators explain these are physical acts of extreme grief and anguish. The prophet was to embody the heartbreak of the message, showing that he (and God) did not delight in the coming destruction. This serves as a model for delivering hard truths with genuine sorrow.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The second word of judgment: the glittering and destroying sword. The passage may be called the “Lay of the Sword”; it is written in the form of He…
19th Century
Anglican
This second prophecy is an expansion of the last, Ezekiel 21:8–13 corresponding to Ezekiel 21:2-5, and Ezekiel 21:14-17 to Ezekiel 21:6-…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Cry, howl, son of man Not only sigh, but cry; and not cry only, but howl; signifying hereby that this would be the case o…
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