Then you shall direct your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm uncovered; and you shall prophesy against it.
- 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.
- NLT “Meanwhile, keep staring at the siege of Jerusalem. Lie there with your arm bared and prophesy her destruction.
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Ezekiel must face the model of besieged Jerusalem with bared arm and prophesy against it. The bared arm signals readiness for the work of judgment.
Overview
The prophet sets his face toward the siege drawing of Jerusalem, arm uncovered as a sign of determined action against the city. The fixed face and bared arm dramatize God's resolute opposition to His unfaithful people. Even in judgment, God speaks through His prophet, warning before He strikes, an expression of His justice and His mercy together.
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Cross-references · 4
- 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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