Ezekiel 21:2
“You human, turn toward Jerusalem. Preach about what will happen to the temple there. Preach about what will happen to the Israeli people.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
1Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
3Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: I am opposed to you.
Cross References
Isaiah 37:24The messengers whom you sent made fun of me. You said, “With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains, even to the highest mountains in Lebanon. We have cut down its tallest cedar trees and its nicest pine/cypress trees. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its densest forests.
Ezekiel 4:3Then take an iron pan, and place it to be like an iron wall between you and the drawing of the city. Then turn your face toward the drawing. It will symbolize that enemy troops will surround the city to attack it. That will be a warning to the Israeli people [MTY].
Ezekiel 6:2“You human, turn toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy about what will happen to them, and say,
Ezekiel 20:46“You human, turn toward the south. Preach about what will happen to that dry land, to the forest there.
Ezekiel 25:2“You human, turn toward where the Ammon people-group lives, and prophesy about what will happen to them.
Ezekiel 29:2“You human, turn toward Egypt and proclaim the terrible things that will happen to the king of Egypt and all his people.
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 →