Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy unto them,
WEB
“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
YLT
`Son of man, set thy face unto mountains of Israel, and prophesy concerning them:
DBT
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)