Lexical Summary hed: Echo, sound, reverberation Original Word: הֵד Strong's Exhaustive Concordance sounding again For heydad; a shout -- sounding again. see HEBREW heydad NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the same as hedad Definition a shout, shouting, cheer NASB Translation joyful shouting (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs הֵד noun [masculine] id., only Ezekiel 7:7 הֵד הָרִים (joyous) shout on mountains (opposed to מְהוּמָה noise of battle). Topical Lexicon Literary and Semantic Profile הֵד paints a vivid acoustic picture: a crashing reverberation that arrests attention and signals upheaval. In Ezekiel 7:7 it is paired with “panic” or “doom,” showing that the prophet intends the reader not merely to imagine sound but to feel the dread it heralds. Canonical Setting Ezekiel 7 is a climactic announcement that the long-foretold judgment against Judah is now irreversible. The single use of הֵד occurs at the very center of a passage filled with terms of finality (“the end,” “the day,” “the time”). By inserting an evocative word for crashing tumult, Scripture turns abstract warning into sensory experience. “Doom has come upon you, O inhabitant of the land. The time has come; the day is near—panic, not joyful shouting, on the mountains.” (Ezekiel 7:7) Historical Context Ezekiel proclaimed this oracle in Babylon shortly before Jerusalem’s destruction (586 B.C.). The mountains referenced are Judah’s hill country where people often gathered for harvest festivities or illicit worship. The prophet contrasts the expected festival cries with the shattering tumult that siege warfare would shortly bring. Ancient Near-Eastern armies exploited high ground for signal horns and war cries; הֵד hints at those echoing sounds cascading through ravines as Babylonian forces advanced. Theological Themes 1. Imminent Judgment: The crash is not random but divinely scheduled. It underscores the certainty of God’s justice once covenant boundaries are crossed (Deuteronomy 28:49-57). Intertextual Resonances While Ezekiel alone uses הֵד, the motif of crashing tumult links to: These passages together frame divine judgment as something that cannot be ignored; it is heard before it is seen. Ministerial Implications • Preaching: Communicators of the Word should not dull the sharp edge of judgment passages. The resonant image of הֵד authorizes prophetic preaching that awakens the conscience. Christological and Eschatological Reflection At Calvary another crash echoed—rocks split and tombs broke open (Matthew 27:51-52). That upheaval signaled not condemnation for the repentant but the dawning of redemption. Conversely, Revelation describes “peals of thunder” accompanying the final judgments (Revelation 8:5; 11:19). Ezekiel’s הֵד therefore foreshadows both the cross’s decisive judgment on sin and the ultimate cosmic reckoning. Practical Application for Believers Today 1. Discern the Crashes: Cultural and personal upheavals may function as divine wake-up calls. In one striking word Ezekiel transforms prophecy into an audible alarm. הֵד reminds every generation that the God who speaks in whispers also thunders when necessary, and His crashing voice still calls the world to repentance and hope. Forms and Transliterations הֵ֥ד הד hed hêḏLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Ezekiel 7:7 HEB: מְהוּמָ֖ה וְלֹא־ הֵ֥ד הָרִֽים׃ NAS: rather than joyful shouting on the mountains. KJV: [is] near, and not the sounding again of the mountains. INT: of trouble rather joyful the mountains |
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