Ezekiel 21:2 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 21:2

“Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;

KJV

Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was the honour of Israel that it had prophets and prophecy; but these, being despised by them, are turned against them. And justly is Zion battered with her own artillery, which used to be employed against her adversaries, seeing she knew not how to value it.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בֶּן־	ben-	O son of	H1121 →
אָדָ֗ם	'a.Dam	humankind	H120 →
שִׂ֤ים	sim	set	H7760 →
פָּנֶ֙יךָ֙	pa.Nei.kha	face your	H6440 →
אֶל־	'el-	against	H413 →
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם	ye.Ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →
וְהַטֵּ֖ף	ve.ha.Tef	and prophesy	H5197 →
אֶל־	'el-	against	H413 →
מִקְדָּשִׁ֑ים	mik.da.Shim	sanctuaries	H4720 →
וְהִנָּבֵ֖א	ve.hi.na.Ve'	and prophesy	H5012 →
אֶל־	'el-	against	H413 →
אַדְמַ֥ת	'ad.Mat	[the] land of	H127 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 28:21
“Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her.
leads to
- Ezekiel 6:2
  “Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
  Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 10:15
  And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
Through
Deuteronomy 32:2
Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
leads to
- Isaiah 55:10–11
  For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
- Psalms 72:6
  May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.
- Micah 5:7
  Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.
- Job 29:22–23
  After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
- Hosea 14:5
  I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
Through
Ezekiel 20:46
“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
leads to
- Amos 7:16
  Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’