Ezekiel 25:2
“Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
BSB
ASV
Son of man, set thy face toward the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them:
KJV
Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites,.... Who were of the posterity of Lot, implacable enemies of the Jews; who hated their religion, and envied their wealth and happiness; against these the prophet is bid to "set his face"; to look that way where they lived, and to put on a frowning countenance, and a menacing aspect: "strengthen thy face", as the Septuagint and Arabic versions render it; look boldly at them: and prophesy against them; deliver out the following prophecy concerning them.
Set thy face against the Ammonites - We have already seen, Eze 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 Jews. God resents this, and predicts their downfall with that of Edom, Moab, and the Philistines.
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Ezekiel 6:2“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
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With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.
“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.
I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.
“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never…
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Ezekiel 35:2“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,
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This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,”
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.