What Does Ezekiel 21:12 Mean?

“Cry”

to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly

“and howl”

to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)

“son”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“of man”

ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“for it shall be upon my people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“it shall be upon all the princes”

properly, an exalted one, i.e., a king or sheik; also a rising mist

“of Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

“terrors”

to yield up; intensively, to precipitate

“by reason of”

near, with or among; often in general, to

“the sword”

drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

“for it shall be upon my people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner

“smite”

to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment); by implication of satisfaction, to be enough; by implication of

“by reason of”

near, with or among; often in general, to

“therefore upon thy thigh”

the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side