Ezequiel 21:12

12 Clama y aúlla, oh hijo de hombre; porque éste será sobre mi pueblo, será él sobre todos los príncipes de Israel. Temores de cuchillo serán a mi pueblo; por tanto, hiere el muslo;

Ezequiel 21:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 21:12

Cry, howl, son of man
Not only sigh, but cry; and not cry only, but howl; signifying hereby that this would be the case of the Jews when these calamities should come upon them; and, in order to affect them with them before hand, the prophet is ordered to act such a part, as well as to express his sympathy with them: for it shall be upon my people;
that is, the sword, or the calamity signified by it; this should be not upon other nations, but upon the Lord's own people; such who professed themselves to be his people, and whom he had distinguished from all others; this is said, to affect the prophet the more, they being both the Lord's people, and his also: and it shall be upon all the princes of Israel;
who were slain in Riblah by the king of Babylon, ( Jeremiah 52:10 ) , the sword spared neither people nor princes. Terrors, by reason of the sword, shall be upon my people;
upon the rumour of the invasion, and when besieged in the city, and when attempting to make their escape by flight: or "my people are fallen by the sword" ^F21, as some: smite therefore upon thy thigh;
as one grieved in spirit, in great distress and anguish; see ( Jeremiah 31:19 ) .

---

FOOTNOTES:

F21 So R. Sol Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 59. 1.

Ezequiel 21:12 In-Context

10 para degollar víctimas está afilado, acicalado está para que relumbre. ¿Hemos de alegrarnos? Viene menospreciando a la vara de mi hijo como a todo árbol.

11 Y lo dio a acicalar para tenerlo en la mano; el cuchillo está afilado, y está acicalado, para entregarlo en mano del matador.

12 Clama y aúlla, oh hijo de hombre; porque éste será sobre mi pueblo, será él sobre todos los príncipes de Israel. Temores de cuchillo serán a mi pueblo; por tanto, hiere el muslo;

13 porque él será prueba. Y qué sería si no menospreciase la vara, dijo el Señor DIOS.

14 Tú, pues, hijo de hombre, profetiza y bate una mano con otra, y dóblese el cuchillo la tercera vez, el cuchillo de muertos; éste es cuchillo de gran matanza que los penetrará,