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Sigh therefore, you son of man; with the breaking of your loins and with bitterness shall you sigh before their eyes.
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A Body Broken with Grief
Commentators explain that God commanded Ezekiel to perform a dramatic, public act of sorrow. The phrase "with the breaking of thy loins" is a powerful metaphor for complete physical collapse and prostration of strength, as the loins were considered the seat of a person's power. This was not a quiet sigh, but a visible embodiment of the utter devastation coming upon the nation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The prophet was directed to let the people see him sighing and prostrate, as a sign of the sorrow and weakness about to come upon the people.
19th Century
Anglican
With the breaking of your loins. —The loins were regarded as the seat of strength (Job 40:16); and the breaki…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Sigh, therefore, you son of man, with the breaking of yourloins As if your loins were…
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