Ezekiel 35:2

Wycliffe Bible

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,

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,

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

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 And the word of the Lord was maad to me, ² 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, ³ The Lord God seith these thingis, Thou hil of Seir, lo! Y to thee; Y schal stretche forth myn hond on thee, and Y schal yyue thee desolat and forsakun. ⁴ Y schal distrie thi citees, and thou schalt be forsakun; and thou schalt wite, that Y am the Lord. ⁵ For thou were an enemye euerlastynge, and closidist togidere the sonis of Israel in to the hondis of swerd, in the tyme of her turment, in the tyme of the laste wickidnesse; ⁶ therfor Y lyue, seith the Lord God, for Y schal yyue thee to blood, and blood schal pursue thee; and sithen thou hatidist blood, blood schal pursue thee. ⁷ And Y schal yyue the hil of Seir desolat and forsakun, and Y schal take awei fro it a goere and a comere ayen; ⁸ and Y schal fille the hillis therof with the careyns of her slayn men. Men slayn by swerd schulen falle doun in thi litle hillis, and in thi valeys, and in thi strondis. ⁹ Y schal yyue thee in to euerlastynge wildirnessis, and thi citees schulen not be enhabitid; and ye schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God.

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
For Y woot that Abraham schal comaunde hise children, and his hows after hym, that thei kepe the weie of the Lord, and that thei do riytfulnesse and dom, that the Lord bringe for Abraham alle thingis whiche he spak to Abraham.

Genesis 31:19
In that tyme Laban yede to schere scheep, and Rachel stal the idols of hir fadir.

Genesis 31:34
sche hastide, and hidde the idols vndur the strewyngis of the camel, and sat aboue. And sche seide to Laban, sekynge al the tente and fyndynge no thing,

Genesis 34:2
And whanne Sichem, the sone of Emor Euey, the prince of that lond, hadde seyn hir, he louede hir, and rauyschide, and sclepte with hir, and oppresside the virgyn bi violence.

Genesis 35:1
Yn the mene tyme the Lord spak to Jacob, Ryse thou, and stie to Bethel, and dwelle thou there, and make thou an auter to the Lord, that apperide to thee whanne thou fleddist Esau, thi brother.

Genesis 35:2
Forsothe Jacob seide, whanne al his hous was clepid to gidere, Caste ye a wei alien goddis, that ben `in the myddis of you, and be ye clensid, and chaunge ye youre clothis;

Genesis 35:3
rise ye, and stie we into Bethel, that we make there an auter to the Lord, which herde me in the dai of my tribulacioun, and was felowe of my weie.

Genesis 35:4
Therfor thei yauen to hym alle alien goddis which thei hadden, and eere ryngis, that weren in `the eeris of hem; and he deluyde tho vndur a `tre, clepid therubynte, which is bihynde the citee of Sichem.

Genesis 35:7
And he bildide there an auter to the Lord, and clepide the name of that place The hows of God, for God apperide there to hym, whanne he fledde his brothir.

Genesis 35:10
and seide, Thou schalt no more be clepid Jacob, but Israel schal be thi name. And God clepide hym Israel, and seide to hym,

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.