“It shall be, when they ask you, ‘Why do you sigh?’ that you shall say, ‘Because of the news, for it comes! Every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord Yahweh.’”
Ezekiel 21:7 (WEB)
Context Reading
5All flesh will know that I, Yahweh, have drawn my sword out of its sheath. It will not return any more.”’ 6“Therefore sigh, you son of man. You shall sigh before their eyes with a broken heartand with bitterness. 7It shall be, when they ask you, ‘Why do you sigh?’ that you shall say, ‘Because of the news, for it comes! Every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord Yahweh.’” 8Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 9“Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘Yahweh says:“A sword! A sword!It is sharpened,and also polished.