Ezekiel 7:15-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 The sword is outside; disease and hunger are within. Whoever is in the fields will die by the sword; whoever is in the city disease and hunger will devour.(A) 16 If their survivors flee, they will die on the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley on account of their guilt. 17 All their hands will hang limp, and all their knees[a] turn to water.(B)
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- 7:17 Hands…knees: image of profound terror; loss of control of body movement and functions.
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