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Ezekiel 21:2

“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and speak against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel.

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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

1Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

3Say to the land of Israel, 'Yahweh says this: Behold! I am against you! I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off both the righteous person and the wicked person from you!

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Cross References

Isaiah 37:24By your servants you have defied the Lord and have said, 'With the multitude of my chariots 1 I have gone up to the heights of the mountains, to the highest elevations of Lebanon. 1 I will cut down its tall cedars and choice cypress trees there, 1 and I will enter into its farthest high places, its most fruitful forest. 1

Ezekiel 4:3Then take for yourself an iron pan and use it as an iron wall between yourself and the city and set your face against it, for it will be under siege, and you are to put the siege against it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 6:2“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy to them.

Ezekiel 20:46“Son of man, set your face toward the southern lands, and speak against the south; prophesy against the forest of the Negev.

Ezekiel 25:2“Son of man, set your face against the people of Ammon and prophesy against them.

Ezekiel 29:2“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt; prophesy against him and against all 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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