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Ezekiel 25:2
2“Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
Ezekiel 25:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Son of man, set your face toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Son of man, turn and face the land of Ammon and prophesy against its people.
Context of Ezekiel 25:2
1The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them. 3Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the Sovereign Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you said “Aha!” over my sanctuary when it was desecrated and over the land of Israel when it was laid waste and over the people of Judah when they went into exile, 4therefore I am going to give you to the people of the East as a possession. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk.
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בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם שִׂ֥ים פָּנֶ֖יךָ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן וְהִנָּבֵ֖א עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 25:2
- Ezekiel 6:2“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel; prophesy against them
- Ezekiel 20:46“Son of man, set your face toward the south; preach against the south and prophesy against the forest of the southland.
- Ezekiel 21:2“Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuary. Prophesy against the land of Israel
- Ezekiel 35:2“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir; prophesy against it
- Ezekiel 21:28“And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says about the Ammonites and their insults: “ ‘A sword, a sword, drawn for the slaughter, polished to consume and to flash like lightning!
- Genesis 19:38The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites of today.
- Jeremiah 9:25“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh—
- Jeremiah 25:21Edom, Moab and Ammon;
- Jeremiah 27:3Then send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
- Jeremiah 49:1Concerning the Ammonites: This is what the Lord says: “Has Israel no sons? Has Israel no heir? Why then has Molek taken possession of Gad? Why do his people live in its towns?
- Amos 1:13This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Ammon, even for four, I will not relent. Because he ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to extend his borders,
- Zephaniah 2:8“I have heard the insults of Moab and the taunts of the Ammonites, who insulted my people and made threats against their land.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 25:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Set thy face against the Ammonites - We have already seen, Ezekiel 21:19, etc., that when Nebuchadnezzar left Babylon he was in doubt whether he should besiege Riblath, the capital of the Ammonites, or Jerusalem, the capital of the Jews, first: and having used his divination. he was determined, by the result, to attack Jerusalem the first. He did so and the Ammonites, seeing the success of his arms, made friends with him, and exulted in the ruin of the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-7Verses 1-7 It was a distinct part of scriptural prophecy to address pagan nations. In Isaiah Ephesians 6:12, but in which she will surely prevail. It was a distinct part of scriptural prophecy to address pagan nations. In Isaiah Ephesians 6:12, but in which she will surely prevail. This series of prophecies, with one exception, was delivered at the time of the fall of Jerusalem; some shortly before, and some shortly after, the capture of the city. They…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-17This section contains a series of messages of judgment against nearby nations. There are six shorter messages against Judah's immediate neighbors, arranged in a clockwise order, followed by a final message against Egypt (Ezekiel 30–32). Through experiencing God's judgment, the nations would recognize God's control over everything. The nations might be used to carry out God's judgment on his people, but they would not avoid judgment themselves. One of the…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-17If Israel was not spared, much less the heathen utterly corrupt, and having no mixture of truth, such as Israel in its worst state possessed (1Pe 4:17, 18). Their ruin was to be utter: Israel's but temporary (Jr 46:28). The nations denounced are seven, the perfect number; implying that God's judgments would visit, not merely these, but the whole round of the heathen foes of God. Babylon is excepted, because she is now for the present viewed as the rod of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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