the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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Ezekiel 21:2
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“Son of man, face Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel,
Son of man, set your face toward Yerushalayim, and drop [your word] toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against Eretz-Yisra'el;
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
"Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
"Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem, and speak prophetically against the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel;
"Human, look toward Jerusalem and speak against the holy place. Prophesy against the land of Israel.
"Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and direct your [prophetic] word against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel
Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and drop [your word] toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;
Sonne of man, set thy face toward Ierusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophecie against the land of Israel.
"Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and speak against the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel;
"Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and speak, dripping out words against the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel
"Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
"Human being, turn your face southward, preach to the south and prophesy to the scrublands of the Negev;
Son of man, set thy face against Jerusalem, and drop [words] against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
"Son of man, look toward Jerusalem and speak against their holy places. Speak against the land of Israel for me.
Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and look at their holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel.
"Mortal man," he said, "denounce Jerusalem. Denounce the places where people worship. Warn the land of Israel
"Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and preach to the sanctuaries, and prophesy to the land of Israel.
Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and drop a word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel.
Thou sonne of man, set thy face towarde Ierusalem, speake agaynst the Sanctuary, & prophecie agaynst the londe of Israel, saye to the lode of Israel:
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;
Son of man, let your face be turned to Jerusalem, let your words be dropped in the direction of her holy place, and be a prophet against the land of Israel;
'Son of man, set thy face toward the South, and preach toward the South, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;
Sonne of man, set thy face toward Ierusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophecie against the land of Israel,
Thou sonne of man, set thy face towarde Hierusalem, and drop [thy worde] towarde the holy places, and prophecie agaynst the lande of Israel.
Therefore prophesy, son of man, set thy face steadfastly toward Jerusalem, and look toward their holy places, and thou shalt prophesy against the land of Israel,
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;
and he seide, Thou, sone of man, sette thi face to Jerusalem, and droppe thou to the seyntuaries, and profesie thou ayens the erthe of Israel.
Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and drop [your word] toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;
Son of man, set thy face towards Jerusalem, and drop [thy word] towards the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
"Son of man, turn toward Jerusalem and speak out against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
"Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, preach against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel;
"Son of man, turn and face Jerusalem and prophesy against Israel and her sanctuaries.
"Son of man, look toward Jerusalem and speak against the holy places. Speak against the land of Israel.
Mortal, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel
Son of man Set thy face against Jerusalem, And drop thy word against the holy places And prophesy against the so of Israel.
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and let thy speech flow towards the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel:
"Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel
`Son of man, set thy face unto Jerusalem, and prophesy unto the holy places, and prophesy unto the ground of Israel;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
set: Ezekiel 4:3, Ezekiel 4:7, Ezekiel 20:46, Ezekiel 25:2, Ezekiel 28:21, Ezekiel 29:2, Ezekiel 38:2, Ephesians 6:19
and drop: Deuteronomy 32:2, Amos 7:16, Micah 2:6, Micah 2:11, *marg.
against: Ezekiel 4:7, Ezekiel 6:2, Ezekiel 20:46, Ezekiel 36:1, Jeremiah 26:11, Jeremiah 26:12, Acts 6:13, Acts 6:14
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 14:2 - General 2 Chronicles 8:11 - holy Ezekiel 7:2 - unto Ezekiel 7:24 - their holy places shall be defiled Ezekiel 11:4 - General Ezekiel 13:17 - set thy Ezekiel 35:2 - set
Cross-References
But God answered: No! You and Sarah will have a son. His name will be Isaac, and I will make an everlasting promise to him and his descendants.
But your son Isaac will be born about this time next year, and the promise I am making to you and your family will be for him and his descendants forever.
One of the guests was the Lord , and he said, "I'll come back about this time next year, and when I do, Sarah will already have a son." Sarah was behind Abraham, listening at the entrance to the tent.
I am the Lord ! There is nothing too difficult for me. I'll come back next year at the time I promised, and Sarah will already have a son."
Then she sat down a long way off, because she could not bear to watch him die. And she cried bitterly.
When God heard the boy crying, the angel of God called out to Hagar from heaven and said, "Hagar, why are you worried? Don't be afraid. I have heard your son crying.
And so, Abraham promised.
One day, Abraham told Abimelech, "Some of your servants have taken over one of my wells."
Your relative Elizabeth is also going to have a son, even though she is old. No one thought she could ever have a baby, but in three months she will have a son.
God said to Abraham, "Every son in each family must be circumcised to show that you have kept your agreement with me." So when Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him. Later, Isaac circumcised his son Jacob, and Jacob circumcised his twelve sons.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem,.... Which shows that this city was meant by "the south", Ezekiel 20:46:
and drop thy word toward the holy places; which also are meant by the south in the passage referred to, even the holy land, holy city, and holy temple; or the temple itself is only meant, with the courts adjoining to it; or as consisting of three parts, as Kimchi, the porch, the temple, and the oracle; or the outward court, the holy place, and the holy of holies; and it may respect all other places for sacred worship, as their synagogues, both in city and country; which were not to be spared any more than the temple, nor were they, Psalms 74:7. Jarchi thinks that the destruction both of the first and second temple is here intended; and which sense Kimchi also mentions.
And prophesy against the land of Israel: by which it appears that this is intended by the "forest of the south field": even the numerous inhabitants of it in general, as well as the city of Jerusalem,
Ezekiel 20:46.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The first word of judgment Ezekiel 21:1-7. Ezekiel speaks first to the people of Israel, shows the universality of the coming destructions, and indicates by a sign (that of sighing) the sadness of the calamity.
The words and order of words are identical with Ezekiel 20:45-46, except that for “south,” there are substituted:
(1) “Jerusalem;”
(2) “the holy place,” i. e., the temple and its various parts;
(3) “the land of Israel.”
No subterfuge is left for the people to pretend misunderstanding.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 21:2. Set thy face toward Jerusalem — This is a continuation of the preceding prophecy; and in this chapter the prophet sets before them, in the plainest language, what the foregoing metaphors meant, so that they could not complain of his parables.
