Ezekiel 21:2

New Century Version

"Human, look toward Jerusalem and speak against the holy place. Prophesy against the land of Israel.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Son of man, face Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel,

Hebrew Names Version
Son of man, set your face toward Yerushalayim, and drop [your word] toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against Eretz-Yisra'el;

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,

English Standard Version
"Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

New American Standard Bible
"Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem, and speak prophetically against the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel;

Amplified Bible
"Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and direct your [prophetic] word against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel

World English Bible
Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and drop [your word] toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Sonne of man, set thy face toward Ierusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophecie against the land of Israel.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and speak against the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel;

Legacy Standard Bible
"Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and speak, dripping out words against the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel

Berean Standard Bible
"Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the places in Jerusalem where people worship. Warn everyone in Israel

Complete Jewish Bible
"Human being, turn your face southward, preach to the south and prophesy to the scrublands of the Negev;

Darby Translation
Son of man, set thy face against Jerusalem, and drop [words] against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

Easy-to-Read Version
"Son of man, look toward Jerusalem and speak against their holy places. Speak against the land of Israel for me.

George Lamsa Translation
Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and look at their holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel.

Good News Translation
"Mortal man," he said, "denounce Jerusalem. Denounce the places where people worship. Warn the land of Israel

Lexham English Bible
"Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and preach to the sanctuaries, and prophesy to the land of Israel.

Literal Translation
Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and drop a word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
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:

American Standard Version
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;

Bible in Basic English
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;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
'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;

King James Version (1611)
Sonne of man, set thy face toward Ierusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophecie against the land of Israel,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou sonne of man, set thy face towarde Hierusalem, and drop [thy worde] towarde the holy places, and prophecie agaynst the lande of Israel.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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,

English Revised Version
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
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.

Update Bible Version
Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and drop [your word] toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;

Webster's Bible Translation
Son of man, set thy face towards Jerusalem, and drop [thy word] towards the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

New English Translation
"Son of man, turn toward Jerusalem and speak out against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

New King James Version
"Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, preach against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel;

New Living Translation
"Son of man, turn and face Jerusalem and prophesy against Israel and her sanctuaries.

New Life Bible
"Son of man, look toward Jerusalem and speak against the holy places. Speak against the land of Israel.

New Revised Standard
Mortal, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Son of man Set thy face against Jerusalem, And drop thy word against the holy places And prophesy against the so of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and let thy speech flow towards the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel:

Revised Standard Version
"Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel

Young's Literal Translation
`Son of man, set thy face unto Jerusalem, and prophesy unto the holy places, and prophesy unto the ground of Israel;

Contextual Overview

¹ Then the Lord spoke his word to me, saying: ² "Human, look toward Jerusalem and speak against the holy place. Prophesy against the land of Israel. ³ Say to Israel: ‘This is what the Lord says: I am against you. I will pull my sword out of its holder, and I will cut off from you both the wicked and those who do right. ⁴ Because I am going to cut off the wicked and those who do right, my sword will come out from its holder and attack all people from south to north. ⁵ Then all people will know that I, the Lord , have pulled my sword out from its holder. My sword will not go back in again.' ⁶ "So, human, groan with breaking heart and great sadness. Groan in front of the people. ⁷ When they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?' you will say, ‘Because of what I have heard is going to happen. When it happens, every heart will melt with fear, and all hands will become weak. Everyone will be afraid; all knees will become weak as water. Look, it is coming, and it will happen, says the Lord God .'"

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

Genesis 17:19
God said, "No, Sarah your wife will have a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will make my agreement with him to be an agreement that continues forever with all his descendants.

Genesis 17:21
But I will make my agreement with Isaac, the son whom Sarah will have at this same time next year."

Genesis 18:10
Then the Lord said, "I will certainly return to you about this time a year from now. At that time your wife Sarah will have a son." Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent which was behind him.

Genesis 18:14
Is anything too hard for the Lord ? No! I will return to you at the right time a year from now, and Sarah will have a son."

Genesis 21:16
Then she went away a short distance and sat down. She thought, "My son will die, and I cannot watch this happen." She sat there and began to cry.

Genesis 21:17
God heard the boy crying, and God's angel called to Hagar from heaven. He said, "What is wrong, Hagar? Don't be afraid! God has heard the boy crying there.

Genesis 21:24
And Abraham said, "I promise."

Genesis 21:25
Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about Abimelech's servants who had seized a well of water.

Luke 1:36
Now Elizabeth, your relative, is also pregnant with a son though she is very old. Everyone thought she could not have a baby, but she has been pregnant for six months.

Acts 7:8
God made an agreement with Abraham, the sign of which was circumcision. And so when Abraham had his son Isaac, Abraham circumcised him when he was eight days old. Isaac also circumcised his son Jacob, and Jacob did the same for his sons, the twelve ancestors of our people.

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.