Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsSon of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;
“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
Son of man, set thy face the way of Teman, and prophesy unto the south, and prophesy unto the forest of the field--the south;
Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop [words] against the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
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)