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Ezekiel 7:17

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All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
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  1. Ezekiel 21:7Rank 1 from verse 17
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    7And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God.

  2. Hebrews 12:12Rank 2 from verse 17
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    12Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

  3. Ezekiel 22:14Rank 3 from verse 17
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    14Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the Lord have spoken it, and will do it.

  4. Isaiah 13:7–8Rank 4 from verse 17
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    7Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:

    8And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

  5. Jeremiah 6:24Rank 5 from verse 17
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    24We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

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Ezekiel 7:17

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hands

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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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knees

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Plural form of knee (the joint between the thigh and lower leg, especially as bent or bowed).

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water

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Sense 1: The common liquid necessary for life. Sense 2: As a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.

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16¶ 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.

17All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

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18They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

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