You shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm uncovered; and you shall prophesy against it.
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- KJV Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
- BSB You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.
- NKJV “Therefore you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem; your arm shall be uncovered, and you shall prophesy against it.
- NASB Then you shall direct your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.
- NLT “Meanwhile, keep staring at the siege of Jerusalem. Lie there with your arm bared and prophesy her destruction.
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- Isa 52:10Yahweh has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- Ezek 21:2“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and preach toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel.
- Ezek 6:2“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy to them,
- Ezek 4:3Take for yourself an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city: and set your face toward it. It shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
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