Son of man, set thy 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:
- BSB “Son of man, set your 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.
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- Jer 49:1–6Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
- Ezek 6:2Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
- Amos 1:13–15Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
- Ezek 21:2Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
- Ezek 35:2Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
- Jer 9:25–26Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
- Gen 19:38And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
- Zeph 2:8–11I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
- Jer 27:3And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
- Ezek 20:46Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
- Jer 25:21Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
- Ezek 21:28–32And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:
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