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Ezekiel 29:2

“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and you shall prophesy about him and about all of Egypt.

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In The King James Version

Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:

In Context

1In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the eleventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

3Speak, and you shall say: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, you great dragon, who rests in the midst of your rivers. And you say: ‘Mine is the river, and I have made myself.’

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Cross References

Isaiah 20:1In the year in which Tharthan entered into Ashdod, when Sargon, the king of the Assyrians, had sent him, and when he had fought against Ashdod and had captured it,

Jeremiah 25:17And I received the chalice from the hand of the Lord, and I caused all the nations, to which the Lord has sent me, to drink from it:

Jeremiah 25:19“But as for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and his servants, and his leaders, and all his people,

Jeremiah 44:30Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra, the king of Egypt, into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of those who are seeking his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah, the king of Judah, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, his enemy and the one who was seeking his life.”

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.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 29:2-8

Pride of Pharaoh; The Ruin of Pharaoh. ( b. c. 589.) 1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: 3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. 4 But I will put hooks… Read the whole commentary →

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