Ezekiel 7:16

Ezekiel 7:16 says, 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.  Ezekiel said that Those who escaped would be on the mountain mourning for their iniquity. Matthew Henry says that those who escaped would die a thousand deaths whereas those who had been killed would only die once.  They would live in solitude and never find peace of mind. If we are not following God's will in our life, then we will never have peace of mind and may at times may feel like we are all alone in the world.    

Verse seventeen adds, All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.  Not only would they be suffering from grief, but they would be physically weak as well.  We should never believe that we are strong enough to live without God’s help, because he can quickly take our strength away.  We should always look to God for our strength, and when we don’t, we will always be spiritually weak, even if we are physically strong.   

Verse eighteen continues, 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.  God said that the people of Israel instead of being clothed in fine clothes would be clothed in sackcloth, which was a sign of mourning.  God had given them a great nation where they had everything they needed, but they had turned away from Him, so now all they had left was clothes of mourning.  When we become a Christian, God gives us everything we need to live a prosperous spiritual life, but if we claim to be a Christian without truly accepting Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, we will one day be sent away to everlasting mourning.   

Verse nineteen concludes, They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.  God said that their silver and gold would do them no good, but in fact would have been a stumbling block to them.  We may have all the wealth that we can imagine in the world, but it will not save us and at times may even be a stumbling block to our being saved.