“Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
Parallel translations
- WEB Son of man, set your face toward the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them:
- KJV Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
- NKJV “Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them.
- NASB “Son of man, set your face against the sons of Ammon and prophesy against them,
- NLT “Son of man, turn and face the land of Ammon and prophesy against its people.
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Quick answer
God commands Ezekiel to set his face against Ammon and prophesy against them. It targets the first of the neighboring nations for judgment.
Overview
Ammon, descended from Lot and a longtime hostile neighbor of Israel, is the first nation addressed. To 'set your face toward' them is a posture of prophetic confrontation. This signals that God holds the surrounding peoples accountable for how they treated His covenant nation.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Jer 49:1–6Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?
- Ezek 6:2“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
- Amos 1:13–15This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.
- Ezek 21:2“Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
- Ezek 35:2“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,
- Jer 9:25–26“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:
- Gen 19:38The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.
- Zeph 2:8–11“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.
- Jer 27:3Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
- Ezek 20:46“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
- Jer 25:21Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;
- Ezek 21:28–32Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning—
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