The Meaning of Ezekiel 7:16 Explained

Ezekiel 7:16

KJV: 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.

YLT: 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.

Darby: And they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one for his iniquity.

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Ezekiel 7:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 7

1  The final desolation of Israel
16  The mournful repentance from that escape
20  The enemies defile the sanctuary because of the Israelites' abominations
23  Under the type of a chain is shown the miserable captivity of all orders of men

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 7:16 mean?

And will escape Those who survive and be on the mountains Like doves of the valleys all of them mourning each for his iniquity
וּפָֽלְטוּ֙ פְּלִ֣יטֵיהֶ֔ם וְהָי֣וּ אֶל־ הֶהָרִ֗ים כְּיוֹנֵ֧י הַגֵּאָי֛וֹת כֻּלָּ֖ם הֹמ֑וֹת אִ֖ישׁ בַּעֲוֺנֽוֹ

וּפָֽלְטוּ֙  And  will  escape 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: פָּלַט  
Sense: to escape, save, deliver, slip away.
פְּלִ֣יטֵיהֶ֔ם  Those  who  survive 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: פָּלִיט 
Sense: refugee, fugitive, escaped one.
וְהָי֣וּ  and  be 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
הֶהָרִ֗ים  the  mountains 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
כְּיוֹנֵ֧י  Like  doves 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: יׄונָה  
Sense: dove, pigeon.
הַגֵּאָי֛וֹת  of  the  valleys 
Parse: Article, Noun, common plural
Root: גַּיְא  
Sense: valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge.
כֻּלָּ֖ם  all  of  them 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הֹמ֑וֹת  mourning 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine plural
Root: הָמָה  
Sense: to murmur, growl, roar, cry aloud, mourn, rage, sound, make noise, tumult, be clamorous, be disquieted, be loud, be moved, be troubled, be in an uproar.
אִ֖ישׁ  each 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
בַּעֲוֺנֽוֹ  for  his  iniquity 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עָוֹן  
Sense: perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity.