KJV King James Version
Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop [thy word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ezekiel 20:46
Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop [thy word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
WEB World English Bible
Son of man, set your face toward the south, and drop your word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;
ASV American Standard Version
Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Son of man, set thy face the way of Teman, and prophesy unto the south, and prophesy unto the forest of the field—the south;
Surrounding context — Ezekiel 20
43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.
44 And ye shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
45 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop [thy word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.
49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
Cross-references
Amos 7:16Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not [thy word] against the house of Isaac.Ezekiel 21:2Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop [thy word] toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,Jeremiah 13:19The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open [them]: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.Ezekiel 4:7Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm [shall be] uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.Job 29:22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.Ezekiel 6:2Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,Micah 2:6Prophesy ye not, [say they to them that] prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, [that] they shall not take shame.Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:Zechariah 11:1-2Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.Isaiah 30:6The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence [come] the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people [that] shall not profit [them].Jeremiah 22:7And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast [them] into the fire.
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