Ezekiel 7:17

7:17 All of their hands will hang limp; their knees will be wet with urine. ¹ 

Ezekiel 47:4

47:4 Again he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was now knee deep. Once more he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was waist deep.

Ezekiel 21:7

21:7 When they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you will reply, ‘Because of the report that has come. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand will be limp; everyone ²  will faint and every knee will be wet with urine.’ ³  Pay attention – it is coming and it will happen, declares the sovereign Lord.”

¹ tn Heb “their knees will run with water.” The expression probably refers to urination caused by fright, which is how the LXX renders the phrase. More colloquial English would simply be “they will wet their pants,” but as D. I. Block (Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:261, n. 98) notes, the men likely wore skirts which were short enough to expose urine on the knees.

² tn Heb “every spirit will be dim.”

³ sn This expression depicts in a very vivid way how they will be overcome with fear. See the note on the same phrase in 7:17.