Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:
Parallel translations
- WEB “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
- BSB “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
- NKJV “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt.
- NASB “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
- NLT “Son of man, turn and face Egypt and prophesy against Pharaoh the king and all the people of Egypt.
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Quick answer
God commands Ezekiel to set his face against Pharaoh and prophesy against all Egypt. The mighty empire is summoned before the judgment of God.
Overview
The prophet is directed to confront Pharaoh and the whole nation, signaling comprehensive judgment. Egypt had long been a symbol of worldly power and a tempting but treacherous ally for Judah. The oracle declares that even the greatest earthly kingdom answers to the Lord.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Ezek 6:2Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
- Jer 44:30Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
- Jer 46:2–16Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
- Ezek 25:2Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
- Ezek 30:1The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
- Isa 18:1Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
- Zech 14:18–19And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
- Jer 25:18–19To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
- 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,
- Jer 9:25–26Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
- Ezek 28:21–22Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
- 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;
- Isa 20:1–6In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
- Joel 3:19Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
- Jer 43:8–13Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
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