The Meaning of Ezekiel 7:18 Explained

Ezekiel 7:18

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.

YLT: And they have girded on sackcloth, And covered them hath trembling, And unto all faces is shame, And on all their heads -- baldness.

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.

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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Ezekiel 7:18 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 7:18 mean?

And they will be girded with sackcloth and will cover them Horror and on every face Shame [will be] and on all their heads Baldness
וְחָגְר֣וּ שַׂקִּ֔ים וְכִסְּתָ֥ה אוֹתָ֖ם פַּלָּצ֑וּת וְאֶ֤ל כָּל־ פָּנִים֙ בּוּשָׁ֔ה וּבְכָל־ רָאשֵׁיהֶ֖ם קָרְחָֽה

וְחָגְר֣וּ  And  they  will  be  girded 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: חָגַר  
Sense: to gird, gird on, gird oneself, put on a belt.
שַׂקִּ֔ים  with  sackcloth 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שַׂק  
Sense: mesh, sackcloth, sack, sacking.
וְכִסְּתָ֥ה  and  will  cover 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: כָּסָה  
Sense: to cover, conceal, hide.
פַּלָּצ֑וּת  Horror 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: פַּלָּצוּת  
Sense: shuddering, trembling.
וְאֶ֤ל  and  on 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
כָּל־  every 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
פָּנִים֙  face 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
בּוּשָׁ֔ה  Shame  [will  be] 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: בּוּשָׁה  
Sense: shame.
וּבְכָל־  and  on  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
רָאשֵׁיהֶ֖ם  their  heads 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
קָרְחָֽה  Baldness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: קָרַח  
Sense: baldness, bald.