Ezekiel 7:18

¹⁶ The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.

¹⁷ Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water.

They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.

¹⁹ They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.

²⁰ His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.
KJV: They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
WEB: They will also clothe themselves with sackcloth, and horror will cover them. Shame will be on all faces, and baldness on all their heads.
ASV: They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
DARBY: And they shall gird on sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
BLB: And they will be girded with sackcloth, and shuddering will cover them; and on every face [is] shame, and on all their heads baldness.

ÅB: Og de skal binde sekk om seg, og redsel skal legge seg over dem, og alle ansikter skal dekkes av skam, og alle deres hoder skal være skallet.
OTB: De vil ta på seg sekkestrie, og skjelving vil overvelde dem. Skam vil være på alle ansikter, og en skallet flekk på alle deres hoder.
B1930: Og de skal binde sekk om sig, og redsel skal legge sig over dem, og alle ansikter skal dekkes av skam, og alle deres hoder skal være skallet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Amos 8:10
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
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Isaiah 15:2–3
Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
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Ezekiel 27:31
They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.
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Isaiah 3:24
Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.
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Job 21:6
When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
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Psalms 55:4–5
My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
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Genesis 15:12
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
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Psalms 35:26
May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
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