Ezekiel 7 · Verse 18

Ezekiel 7:18

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.
Ezekiel 7:18, King James Version

Ezekiel 7:18 in other translations

BSBThey will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.
WEBThey will also clothe themselves with sackcloth, and horror will cover them. Shame will be on all faces, and baldness on all their heads.
ASVThey shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
YLTAnd they have girded on sackcloth, And covered them hath trembling, And unto all faces is shame, And on all their heads--baldness.
DARBYAnd they shall gird on sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
BBEAnd they will put haircloth round them, and deep fear will be covering them; and shame will be on all faces, and the hair gone from all their heads.
WebsterThey shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

What does Ezekiel 7:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. cover them--as a garment. baldness--a sign of mourning (Is 3:24; Jr 48:37; Mi 1:16).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 7:16-22

Sooner or later, sin will cause sorrow; and those who will not repent of their sin, may justly be left to pine away in it. There are many whose wealth is their snare and ruin; and the gaining the world is the losing of their souls. Riches profit not in the day of wrath. The wealth of this world has not that in it which will answer the desires of the soul, or be any satisfaction to it in a day of distress. God's…

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Ezekiel 7:18 in the original Hebrew

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וְחָגְר֣וּve.cha.ge.Ruand they will gird themselvesH2296
שַׂקִּ֔יםsa.Kimsackcloth<s>H8242
וְכִסְּתָ֥הve.khi.se.Tahand it will coverH3680
אוֹתָ֖ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
פַּלָּצ֑וּתpa.la.TzutshudderingH6427
וְאֶ֤לve.'Eland [will be] toH413
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
פָּנִים֙pa.NimfaceH6440
בּוּשָׁ֔הbu.ShahshameH955
וּבְכָל\־u.ve.Khol-and [will be] on allH3605
רָאשֵׁיהֶ֖םra.shei.Hemheads theirH7218
קָרְחָֽה\׃ka.re.ChahbaldnessH7144

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 7:18

  • Amos 8:10

    And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

  • Isaiah 15:2-3

    He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

  • Ezekiel 27:31

    And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

  • Isaiah 3:24

    And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.

  • Job 21:6

    Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

  • Psalms 55:4-5

    My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

  • Genesis 15:12

    And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

  • Psalms 35:26

    Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

  • Jeremiah 48:37

    For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

  • Jeremiah 3:25

    We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.

  • Revelation 6:15-17

    And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

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shall also.
Isa 3:24; 15:2,3; Jer 48:37; Am 8:10
and horror.
Ge 15:12; Job 21:6; Ps 35:26; 55:4,5; Jer 3:25; Re 6:15-17

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Context

  • Ezekiel 7:17

    All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

  • Ezekiel 7:18

    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.

  • Ezekiel 7:19

    They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

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Ezekiel 7:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Ceñirse han también de sacos, y cubrirálos temblor; y en todo rostro habrá confusión, y en todas sus cabezas peladura.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ils se ceindront de sacs, et le frisson les couvrira; la honte sera sur tous les visages, et toutes leurs têtes seront chauves.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie werden sich Sacktuch umgürten, und Schauder wird sie bedecken, und auf allen Angesichtern wird Scham sein, und Kahlheit auf allen ihren Häuptern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et accingent se ciliciis, et operiet eos formido: et in omni facie confusio, et in universis capitibus eorum calvitium.