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Ezekiel 6:2
2“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel; prophesy against them
Ezekiel 6:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Son of man, turn and face the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
Context of Ezekiel 6:2
1The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel; prophesy against them 3and say: ‘You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places. 4Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will slay your people in front of your idols.
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בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם שִׂ֥ים פָּנֶ֖יךָ אֶל־הָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְהִנָּבֵ֖א אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 6:2
- Ezekiel 4:7Turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem and with bared arm prophesy against her.
- Ezekiel 13:17“Now, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. 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 25:2“Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
- Ezekiel 38:2“Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshek and Tubal; prophesy against him
- Ezekiel 19:9With hooks they pulled him into a cage and brought him to the king of Babylon. They put him in prison, so his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.
- Ezekiel 33:28I will make the land a desolate waste, and her proud strength will come to an end, and the mountains of Israel will become desolate so that no one will cross them.
- Ezekiel 34:14I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
- Ezekiel 35:12Then you will know that I the Lord have heard all the contemptible things you have said against the mountains of Israel. You said, “They have been laid waste and have been given over to us to devour.”
- Ezekiel 37:22I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms.
- Joshua 11:21At that time Joshua went and destroyed the Anakites from the hill country: from Hebron, Debir and Anab, from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua totally destroyed them and their towns.
- Micah 6:1Listen to what the Lord says: “Stand up, plead my case before the mountains; let the hills hear what you have to say.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 6:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Set thy face toward the mountains of Israel - This is a new prophecy, and was most probably given after the four hundred and thirty days of his lying on his left and right side were accomplished. By Israel here, Judea is simply meant; not the ten tribes, who had long before been carried into captivity. Ezekiel uses this term in reference to the Jews only. The mountains may be addressed here particularly, because it was on them the chief scenes of idolatry…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3The judgment did not remain only in Jerusalem. It spread to the mountains of Israel, which were the political center of the nation. This land had belonged to Israel since the time of Joshua. Over time, however, it became filled with idolatry (the worship of false gods). The hill country became the location of many pagan shrines, called high places (raised stone platforms used for worship). These places often held idols or were used for sacrifices and…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-142. mountains of Israel--that is, of Palestine in general. The mountains are addressed by personification; implying that the Israelites themselves are incurable and unworthy of any more appeals; so the prophet sent to Jeroboam did not deign to address the king, but addressed the altar (1Ki 13:2). The mountains are specified as being the scene of Jewish idolatries on "the high places" (Eze 6:3; Le 26:30).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- 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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