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English Standard Version

Ezekiel 11:4

Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Caldron;   Jaazaniah;   Pelatiah;   Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Apocalyptic literature;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Pelatiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Caldron;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jaazaniah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Captivity;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 12;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore, prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man!”
Hebrew Names Version
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man.
King James Version
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
New American Standard Bible
"Therefore, prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man!"
New Century Version
So prophesy against them, prophesy, human."
Amplified Bible
"Therefore, prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man!"
World English Bible
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore prophesie against them, sonne of man, prophesie.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Therefore, prophesy against them, son of man, prophesy!"
Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore, prophesy against them, son of man, prophesy!"
Berean Standard Bible
Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man!"
Contemporary English Version
So, Ezekiel, condemn them!"
Complete Jewish Bible
Therefore prophesy against them, human being, prophesy!"
Darby Translation
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man.
Easy-to-Read Version
So you must speak to the people for me. Son of man, prophesy against the people."
George Lamsa Translation
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O Son of man.
Good News Translation
Now then, denounce them, mortal man."
Lexham English Bible
Therefore prophesy against them! Prophesy, son of man!"
Literal Translation
So prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore shalt thou prophecie vnto them, yee prophecie shalt thou vnto them, O sonne of man.
American Standard Version
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
Bible in Basic English
For this cause be a prophet against them, be a prophet, O son of man.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.'
King James Version (1611)
Therefore prophecie against them, prophecie, O sonne of man.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore shalt thou prophecie against them: yea prophecie O sonne of man.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man.
English Revised Version
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor profesie thou of hem, profesie thou, sone of man.
Update Bible Version
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
New English Translation
Therefore, prophesy against them! Prophesy, son of man!"
New King James Version
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man!"
New Living Translation
Therefore, son of man, prophesy against them loudly and clearly."
New Life Bible
So tell what will happen against them, son of man. Speak the Word of God!"
New Revised Standard
Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O mortal."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore, prophesy against them, - prophesy. Son of man.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, thou son of man.
Revised Standard Version
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man."
Young's Literal Translation
Therefore prophesy concerning them, prophesy, son of man.'
THE MESSAGE
"Oppose them, son of man. Preach against them."

Contextual Overview

1 The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of the Lord , which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were twenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2 And he said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city; 3 who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. This city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.' 4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man." 5 And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and he said to me, "Say, Thus says the Lord : So you think, O house of Israel. For I know the things that come into your mind. 6 You have multiplied your slain in this city and have filled its streets with the slain. 7 Therefore thus says the Lord God : Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, they are the meat, and this city is the cauldron, but you shall be brought out of the midst of it. 8 You have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, declares the Lord God . 9 And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and give you into the hands of foreigners, and execute judgments upon you. 10 You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel, and you shall know that I am the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ezekiel 3:2-15, Ezekiel 3:17-21, Ezekiel 20:46, Ezekiel 20:47, Ezekiel 21:2, Ezekiel 25:2, Isaiah 58:1, Hosea 6:5, Hosea 8:1

Cross-References

Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.
Genesis 11:8
So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
Genesis 11:9
Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.
Genesis 11:11
And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:13
And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelah 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
Deuteronomy 1:28
Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying, "The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to heaven. And besides, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there."'
Deuteronomy 4:27
And the Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you.
Deuteronomy 9:1
"Hear, O Israel: you are to cross over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you, cities great and fortified up to heaven,
2 Samuel 8:13
And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
Psalms 92:9
For behold, your enemies, O Lord , for behold, your enemies shall perish; all evildoers shall be scattered.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore prophesy against them,.... Evil things against them, things that are disagreeable to them; since they flatter themselves with good things, and cry peace and safety, let them know that destruction is coming upon them: or, "concerning them" f; what will befall them, and that it will be otherwise with them than they imagine:

prophesy, O son of man; this is repeated, not only to stir up the prophet to the performance of his work and office, not fearing the faces, and revilings, and mockings of men; but to show the indignation of the Lord at their scoffs and jeers, and the certain accomplishment of what should be predicted.

f עליהם "de eis", V. L. "super eos", Pagninus, Montanus.


 
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