Ezekiel 20:46
“Son of man, set your face against the way of the south, and pour in drops toward Africa, and prophesy against the forest of the field of the meridian.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
45And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2Let my doctrine accumulate like the rain. Let my eloquence form like the dew, like a mist upon the plants, and like water droplets upon the grass.
Isaiah 30:6The burden of the beasts in the south. In a land of tribulation and anguish, from which go forth the lioness and the lion, the viper and the flying king snake, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of beasts of burden, and their valuables upon the humps of camels, to a people who are not able to offer profit to them.
Jeremiah 22:7And I will sanctify over you the destroying man and his weapons. And they will cut down your select cedars and throw them violently into the fire.
Ezekiel 6:2“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and you shall prophesy against them,
Ezekiel 21:2“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and pour in drops toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the soil of Israel.
Micah 2:6Do not speak by saying, “It will not drop on these ones; shame will not embrace them.”
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 20:46-49
Judgment and Mercy. ( b. c. 592.) 45 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; 47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord ; Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned… Read the whole commentary →