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Ezekiel 21:2

Son of man, set thy face against Thæman, and look toward Darom, and prophesy against the chief forest of Nageb,

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

In Context

1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

3and thou shalt say to the forest of Nageb, Hear the word of the Lord; thus saith the Lord, even the Lord; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour in thee every green tree, and every dry tree: the flame that is kindled shall not be quenched, and every face shall be scorched with it from the south to the north.

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Cross References

Isaiah 37:24For thou hast reproached the Lord by messengers; for thou hast said, With the multitude of chariots have I ascended to the height of mountains, and to the sides of Libanus; and I have + 37:24 Gr. cut.cropped the height of his cedars and the beauty of his cypresses; and I entered into the height of the forest region:

Ezekiel 4:3And take thou to thyself an iron pan, and thou shalt set it for an iron wall between thee and the city: and thou shalt set thy face against it, and it shall be in a siege, and thou shalt besiege it. This is a sign to the children of Israel.

Ezekiel 6:2Son of man, set thy face against the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them;

Ezekiel 25:2Son of man, set thy face steadfastly against the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them;

Ezekiel 29:2Son of man, set thy face against Pharao king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against the whole of Egypt:

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 21:2-8

Threatenings against Israel; Judgments Predicted. ( b. c. 592.) 1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, 3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall… Read the whole commentary →

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