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Like doves of the valleys, they will all moan, each for their own sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The survivors who escape to the mountains will moan like doves, weeping for their sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And if any survivors escape, they will be on the mountains, like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each one over his iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘Those who survive will escape and be on the mountains Like doves of the valleys, All of them mourning, Each for his iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even when their survivors escape, they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each over his own wrongdoing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Even when their survivors escape, they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, each over his own iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Even when their survivors escape, they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, each over his own iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Even when their survivors escape, they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each over his own iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Even when their survivors escape, they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each over his [punishment for] sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The survivors among them will escape and live on the mountains. Like doves of the valley, all of them will moan, each over his own iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The survivors among them will escape and live on the mountains like doves of the valley, all of them moaning, each over his own iniquity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But those of them that escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Anyone who survives will escape into the hills, like doves who leave the valleys to find safety. All of you will moan because of your sins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one in his iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Those who survive will escape to the mountains. They will moan like doves in the valleys. They will moan because of their sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Some will escape to the mountains like doves frightened from the valleys. All of them will moan over their sins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Fugitives will escape to the mountains like doves fleeing through the valleys, all of them moaning because of their own iniquity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys; all of them will moan--each one for his iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But those of those who escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But of those who escape, they will escape and will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, everyone in his iniquity. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And their fugitives have escaped away, "" And they have been on the mountains "" As doves of the valleys, "" All of them making a noise—each for his iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And escaped away have their fugitives, And they have been on the mountains As doves of the valleys, All of them make a noising -- each for his iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they escaping, escaped, and they were on the mountains as doves of the valleys, all of them slain, a man for his iniquity.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And such of them as shall flee shall escape: and they shall be in the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them trembling, every one for his iniquity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And those who flee from among them will be saved. And they will be among the mountains, like doves in steep valleys, with everyone of them trembling, each one because of his iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If their survivors flee, they will die on the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley on account of their guilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If any survivors escape, they shall be found on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning over their iniquity.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But those of them who escape shall escape on the mountains, and they shall take refuge like doves in the crags; all of them shall die every one in his own iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And those who escape of them shall escape into the mountains, as doves in the crags. They all will die, each man, for his sins<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But they that shall at all escape of them, shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But they that escape of them shall be delivered, and shall be upon the mountains: and I will slay all <i>the rest</i>, every one for his iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=1485" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/7.htm">The Desolation of Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>The sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague. <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6412.htm" title="6412: pə·lî·ṭê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Escaped one, fugitive. Or paleyt; or palet; from palat; a refugee.">The survivors</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6403.htm" title="6403: ū·p̄ā·lə·ṭū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To escape. A primitive root; to slip out, i.e. Escape; causatively, to deliver.">will escape</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">and live in</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: he·hā·rîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">the mountains,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kul·lām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1993.htm" title="1993: hō·mō·wṯ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fp) -- A primitive root; to make a loud sound like Engl. hum); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor.">moaning</a> <a href="/hebrew/3123.htm" title="3123: kə·yō·w·nê (Prep-k:: N-fpc) -- Dove. Probably from the same as yayin; a dove.">like doves</a> <a href="/hebrew/1516.htm" title="1516: hag·gê·’ā·yō·wṯ (Art:: N-cp) -- A valley. Or gay; probably from the same root as gevah; a gorge.">of the valley,</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">each</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ba·‘ă·wō·nōw (Prep-b:: N-csc:: 3ms) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">for his own iniquity.</a> </span><span class="reftext">17</span>Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/44-14.htm">Jeremiah 44:14</a></span><br />so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-17.htm">Isaiah 24:17-18</a></span><br />Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth. / Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/42-17.htm">Jeremiah 42:17</a></span><br />So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-3.htm">Lamentations 1:3</a></span><br />Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-1.htm">Amos 9:1-4</a></span><br />I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape. / Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down. / Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-29.htm">Jeremiah 4:29</a></span><br />Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-19.htm">Isaiah 10:19</a></span><br />The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/16-16.htm">Jeremiah 16:16</a></span><br />But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-16.htm">Matthew 24:16-18</a></span><br />then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. / Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house. / And let no one in the field return for his cloak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-21.htm">Luke 21:21</a></span><br />Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-15.htm">Revelation 6:15-17</a></span><br />Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. / And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. / For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-17.htm">Hosea 9:17</a></span><br />My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/14-5.htm">Zechariah 14:5</a></span><br />You will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-31.htm">Isaiah 37:31-32</a></span><br />And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above. / For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-28.htm">Jeremiah 50:28</a></span><br />Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.</p><p class="hdg">they</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/6-8.htm">Ezekiel 6:8</a></b></br> Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have <i>some</i> that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/9-15.htm">Ezra 9:15</a></b></br> O LORD God of Israel, thou <i>art</i> righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as <i>it is</i> this day: behold, we <i>are</i> before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-9.htm">Isaiah 1:9</a></b></br> Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, <i>and</i> we should have been like unto Gomorrah.</p><p class="hdg">like</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/6-9.htm">Ezekiel 6:9</a></b></br> And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/38-14.htm">Isaiah 38:14</a></b></br> Like a crane <i>or</i> a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail <i>with looking</i> upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/59-11.htm">Isaiah 59:11</a></b></br> We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but <i>there is</i> none; for salvation, <i>but</i> it is far off from us.</p><p class="hdg">mourning</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/36-31.htm">Ezekiel 36:31</a></b></br> Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that <i>were</i> not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/5-11.htm">Proverbs 5:11-14</a></b></br> And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/31-9.htm">Jeremiah 31:9,18,19</a></b></br> They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim <i>is</i> my firstborn… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/60-8.htm">Doves</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-9.htm">Escape</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-8.htm">Escaped</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-15.htm">Fugitives</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-13.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/2-10.htm">Moaning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-7.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/ezekiel/2-10.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-13.htm">Places</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-12.htm">Safely</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-10.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-10.htm">Survive</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-10.htm">Survivors</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-3.htm">Valleys</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/11-11.htm">Doves</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-16.htm">Escape</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-26.htm">Escaped</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-21.htm">Fugitives</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-19.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/nahum/2-7.htm">Moaning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-6.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-14.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-24.htm">Places</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-26.htm">Safely</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-22.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-10.htm">Survive</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-22.htm">Survivors</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-12.htm">Valleys</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/7-1.htm">The final desolation of Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/7-16.htm">The mournful repentance from that escape</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/7-20.htm">The enemies defile the sanctuary because of the Israelites' abominations</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/7-23.htm">Under the type of a chain is shown the miserable captivity of all orders of men</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In Hebrew, the word for "survivors" is "פְּלֵיטִים" (peleitim), which conveys the idea of those who have narrowly escaped destruction. Historically, the concept of a remnant is significant in the Old Testament, symbolizing hope and continuity of God's covenant with Israel despite widespread judgment.<p><b>will escape</b><br />The Hebrew root "מָלַט" (malat) means to slip away or deliver oneself. This implies that the survivors will not be saved by their own strength but by divine intervention. The notion of escape here is not just physical but also spiritual, as they are being delivered from the consequences of their collective sin.<p><b>and live in the mountains</b><br />Mountains in biblical times were often places of refuge and safety. The Hebrew word "הָרִים" (harim) signifies not only physical elevation but also a place set apart. This imagery suggests that the survivors will find a place of protection and perhaps a new beginning, reminiscent of how Lot fled to the mountains to escape the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.<p><b>moaning like doves of the valley</b><br />The dove, or "יוֹנָה" (yonah) in Hebrew, is a symbol of innocence and lamentation. The moaning indicates deep sorrow and repentance. Doves are known for their mournful cooing, which here symbolizes the profound grief and regret of the survivors as they reflect on their sins. The "valley" suggests a low point, both geographically and spiritually, emphasizing their humility and contrition.<p><b>each for his own iniquity</b><br />This phrase underscores personal responsibility for sin. The Hebrew word for "iniquity" is "עָוֹן" (avon), which denotes guilt or moral perversity. The survivors' lament is not just for the collective sins of the nation but for their individual transgressions. This personal acknowledgment of sin is crucial for genuine repentance and restoration in the biblical narrative.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) <span class= "bld">Like doves of the valleys.</span>--To this general destruction there will be exceptions, as generally in war there are fugitives and captives; but these, like doves whose home is in the valleys driven by fear to the mountains, shall mourn in their exile. In the mourning "every one for his iniquity," iniquity is to be understood in the sense of the punishment for iniquity; the thought of repentance is not here brought forward. Their utter discouragement and feebleness and grief are further described in <a href="/context/ezekiel/7-17.htm" title="All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.">Ezekiel 7:17-18</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They that escape,</span> etc. The sentence is virtually conditional. They that escape shall, it is true, in one sense, escape the immediate doom; but if so, it shall only be to the mountains. These were, in all times (<a href="/genesis/19-17.htm">Genesis 19:17</a>; <a href="/judges/6-2.htm">Judges 6:2</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/13-6.htm">1 Samuel 13:6</a>; <a href="/psalms/11-1.htm">Psalm 11:1</a>; 1 Macc. 2:28; <a href="/matthew/24-16.htm">Matthew 24:16</a>; <a href="/mark/13-14.htm">Mark 13:14</a>), the natural refuge for those who fled from danger, but even this should fail those of whom the prophet speaks. They should be like the doves of the mountain gorges, that are fluttered at the appearance of the eagle or the fowler, and seem by note (<a href="/isaiah/38-14.htm">Isaiah 38:14</a>; <a href="/isaiah/59-11.htm">Isaiah 59:11</a>) and gesture (<a href="/nahum/2-7.htm">Nahum 2:7</a>), to be mourning forevermore. There also they shall lie, every man in his iniquity, and wailing for its punishment. We are reminded of Dante's similitudes in 'Inf.,' 5:40, 46, 82. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The survivors</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּלִ֣יטֵיהֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(pə·lî·ṭê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6412.htm">Strong's 6412: </a> </span><span class="str2">Escaped one, fugitive</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will escape</span><br /><span class="heb">וּפָֽלְטוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·p̄ā·lə·ṭū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6403.htm">Strong's 6403: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slip out, escape, to deliver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and live in</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the mountains,</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶהָרִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(he·hā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כֻּלָּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(kul·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">moaning</span><br /><span class="heb">הֹמ֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(hō·mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1993.htm">Strong's 1993: </a> </span><span class="str2">To make a, loud sound, commotion, tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like doves</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּיוֹנֵ֧י</span> <span class="translit">(kə·yō·w·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3123.htm">Strong's 3123: </a> </span><span class="str2">A dove</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the valley,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגֵּאָי֛וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gê·’ā·yō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1516.htm">Strong's 1516: </a> </span><span class="str2">A valley</span><br /><br /><span class="word">each</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֖ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for his own iniquity.</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּעֲוֺנֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘ă·wō·nōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Ezekiel 7:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Ezekiel 7:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Ezekiel 7:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Ezekiel 7:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Ezekiel 7:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Ezekiel 7:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Ezekiel 7:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Ezekiel 7:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Ezekiel 7:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Ezekiel 7:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/7-16.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 7:16 But those of those who escape shall (Ezek. 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