Ezekiel 21:2
Good News Translation
"Mortal man," he said, "denounce Jerusalem. Denounce the places where people worship. Warn the land of Israel

New Revised Standard Version
Mortal, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel

Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the places in Jerusalem where people worship. Warn everyone in Israel

New American Bible
Son of man, turn your face toward Jerusalem: preach against its sanctuary, prophesy against the land of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and let thy speech flow towards the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and let thy speech flow towards the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel:

set

Ezekiel 4:3,7 And take unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face resolutely against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it: it is a sign to the house of Israel. . . .

Ezekiel 20:46 Son of man, set thy face against the way of the south, and drop towards the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field.

Ezekiel 25:2 Son of man, set thy face against the children of Ammon, and thou shalt prophesy of them.

Ezekiel 28:21 Son of man, set thy face against Sidon: and thou shalt prophesy of it,

Ezekiel 29:2 Son of man, set thy face against Pharao king of Egypt: and thou shalt prophesy of him, and of all Egypt:

Ezekiel 38:2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Mosoch and Thubal: and prophesy of him,

Ephesians 6:19 And for me, that speech may be given me, that I may open my mouth with confidence, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

and drop

Deuteronomy 32:2 Let my doctrine gather as the rain, let my speech distil as the dew, as a shower upon the herb, and as drops upon the grass.

Amos 7:16 And the Lord took me when I followed the flock, and the Lord said to me: Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

Micah 2:6,11 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the cord of a lot in the assembly of the Lord. . . .

against

Ezekiel 4:7 And thou shalt turn thy face to the siege of Jerusalem and thy arm shall be stretched out: and thou shalt prophesy against it.

Ezekiel 6:2 Son of man set thy face towards the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them.

Ezekiel 20:46 Son of man, set thy face against the way of the south, and drop towards the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field.

Ezekiel 36:1 And thou son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say: Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord:

Jeremiah 26:11,12 And the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes, and to all the people, saying: The judgment of death is for this man: because he hath prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears. . . .

Acts 6:13,14 And they set up false witnesses, who said: This man ceaseth not to speak words against the holy place and the law. . . .

Context
The LORD's Sword of Judgment
1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 2Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and let thy speech flow towards the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel:3And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I come against thee, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off in thee the just, and the wicked.…
Cross References
Job 29:22
To my words they durst add nothing, and my speech dropped upon them.

Ezekiel 4:7
And thou shalt turn thy face to the siege of Jerusalem and thy arm shall be stretched out: and thou shalt prophesy against it.

Ezekiel 20:46
Son of man, set thy face against the way of the south, and drop towards the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field.

Ezekiel 21:1
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Ezekiel 25:2
Son of man, set thy face against the children of Ammon, and thou shalt prophesy of them.

Ezekiel 28:21
Son of man, set thy face against Sidon: and thou shalt prophesy of it,

Amos 7:16
And the Lord took me when I followed the flock, and the Lord said to me: Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

Ezekiel 21:1
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