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New Living Translation

Ezekiel 35:2

"Son of man, turn and face Mount Seir, and prophesy against its people.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Mountains;   Seir, Mount;   The Topic Concordance - Desolation;   Enemies;   Hate;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Edomites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sela;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Edom;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Seir, Mount;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ezekiel;   Obadiah, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Son of man, face Mount Seir and prophesy against it.
Hebrew Names Version
Son of man, set your face against Mount Se`ir, and prophesy against it,
King James Version
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
English Standard Version
"Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
New American Standard Bible
"Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it
New Century Version
"Human, look toward Edom and prophesy against it.
Amplified Bible
"Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir (Edom), and prophesy against it
Geneva Bible (1587)
Sonne of man, Set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesie against it,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it
Legacy Standard Bible
"Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it
Berean Standard Bible
"Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,
Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the people of Edom
Complete Jewish Bible
"Human being, turn your face against Mount Se‘ir; prophesy against it,
Darby Translation
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
Easy-to-Read Version
"Son of man, look toward Mount Seir and speak against it for me.
George Lamsa Translation
Son of man, set your face against mount Seir and prophesy against it,
Good News Translation
"Mortal man," he said, "denounce the country of Edom.
Lexham English Bible
"Son of man, set your face against the mountain of Seir and prophesy against it,
Literal Translation
Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou sonne of man, turne thy face towarde the mount Seir, prophecy vpon it,
American Standard Version
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
Bible in Basic English
Son of man, let your face be turned to Mount Seir, and be a prophet against it,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
King James Version (1611)
Sonne of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophecie against it,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou sonne of man, set thy face toward the mount Seir, prophecie against it.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
English Revised Version
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
World English Bible
Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he seide, Thou, sone of man, sette thi face ayens the hil of Seir; and thou schalt profesie to it, and thou schalt seie to it,
Update Bible Version
Son of man, set your face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
Webster's Bible Translation
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
New English Translation
"Son of man, turn toward Mount Seir, and prophesy against it.
New King James Version
"Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,
New Life Bible
"Son of man, look toward Mount Seir and speak against it,
New Revised Standard
Mortal, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Son of man Set thy face against Mount Seir, - and prophesy against it;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy concerning it, and say to it:
Revised Standard Version
"Son of man, set your face against Mount Se'ir, and prophesy against it,
Young's Literal Translation
`Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

Contextual Overview

1 Again a message came to me from the Lord : 2 "Son of man, turn and face Mount Seir, and prophesy against its people. 3 Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord : "I am your enemy, O Mount Seir, and I will raise my fist against you to destroy you completely. 4 I will demolish your cities and make you desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord . 5 "Your eternal hatred for the people of Israel led you to butcher them when they were helpless, when I had already punished them for all their sins. 6 As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord , since you show no distaste for blood, I will give you a bloodbath of your own. Your turn has come! 7 I will make Mount Seir utterly desolate, killing off all who try to escape and any who return. 8 I will fill your mountains with the dead. Your hills, your valleys, and your ravines will be filled with people slaughtered by the sword. 9 I will make you desolate forever. Your cities will never be rebuilt. Then you will know that I am the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

set: Ezekiel 6:2, Ezekiel 20:46, Ezekiel 21:2, Ezekiel 25:2, Isaiah 50:7, Ephesians 6:19

mount: Ezekiel 25:8, Genesis 32:3, Genesis 36:8, Genesis 36:9, Deuteronomy 2:5, Joshua 24:4, 2 Chronicles 20:10, 2 Chronicles 20:22, 2 Chronicles 20:23, 2 Chronicles 25:11-14

and prophesy: Ezekiel 25:12-14, Ezekiel 32:29, Psalms 83:3-18, Isaiah 34:1-17, Isaiah 63:1-6, Jeremiah 9:25, Jeremiah 9:26, Jeremiah 49:7-22, Lamentations 4:21, Lamentations 4:22, Amos 1:11, Amos 1:12, Obadiah 1:1, Obadiah 1:10-14

Reciprocal: Genesis 33:14 - unto Seir Jeremiah 49:13 - a desolation Ezekiel 38:2 - set

Cross-References

Genesis 18:19
I have singled him out so that he will direct his sons and their families to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. Then I will do for Abraham all that I have promised."
Genesis 31:19
At the time they left, Laban was some distance away, shearing his sheep. Rachel stole her father's household idols and took them with her.
Genesis 31:34
But Rachel had taken the household idols and hidden them in her camel saddle, and now she was sitting on them. When Laban had thoroughly searched her tent without finding them,
Genesis 34:2
But when the local prince, Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, saw Dinah, he seized her and raped her.
Genesis 35:1
Then God said to Jacob, "Get ready and move to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother, Esau."
Genesis 35:2
So Jacob told everyone in his household, "Get rid of all your pagan idols, purify yourselves, and put on clean clothing.
Genesis 35:3
We are now going to Bethel, where I will build an altar to the God who answered my prayers when I was in distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone."
Genesis 35:4
So they gave Jacob all their pagan idols and earrings, and he buried them under the great tree near Shechem.
Genesis 35:7
Jacob built an altar there and named the place El-bethel (which means "God of Bethel"), because God had appeared to him there when he was fleeing from his brother, Esau.
Genesis 35:10
saying, "Your name is Jacob, but you will not be called Jacob any longer. From now on your name will be Israel." So God renamed him Israel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Son of man set thy face against Mount Seir,.... Which had its name from Seir the Horite, who first possessed it; and was succeeded in it by Esau and his posterity, the Edomites; see Genesis 36:8 Deuteronomy 2:12, so that the country of Edom or Idumea is here intended, and the inhabitants of it; who are put for the enemies of the church and people of God in general, as these were the enemies of Israel and Judah; and particularly for Rome, which, as it was spiritually called Egypt and Sodom, so it may be called Edom, as it often is by the Jews: now the prophet is bid to turn his face towards this mountain or country, and look sternly at it, and severely threaten it. The Targum is,

"take up a prophecy against it;''

which is expressed in the next clause:

and prophesy against it; foretell things contrary to it, which relate to its destruction, as follows:

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 35:2. Set thy face against Mount Seir — That is, against the Edomites. This prophecy was probably delivered about the time of the preceding, and before the destruction of Idumea by Nebuchadnezzar, which took place about five years after.

Calmet supposes that two destructions of Idumea are here foretold; one by Nebuchadnezzar, and the other by the Jews after their return from their captivity.


 
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