Ezekiel 6:11

Here are two actions commanded, and both signify a mixture of affection in the person, as wonder and amazement, indignation and displeasure, grief and sorrow, pity and commiseration, all which are required in the prophet, to show both the evil of sin he did see, and the evil of sufferings which he did foresee, on Israel. Say, Alas; tell them what thou meanest by such unusual gestures, speak with grief; Alas! Evil abominations; sins in full growth, ripe to the harvest, make him cry out. By the sword, & c.; grievous miseries coming on his people and on his kindred. The house of Israel must fall, be ruined, laid desolate, and carried captive.