Ezekiel 20:46
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.”
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““Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;”
King James Version · Public Domain“Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Son of man, set thy face the way of Teman, and prophesy unto the south, and prophesy unto the forest of the field--the south;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 20:46 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 32:2Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
- Job 29:22After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
- Isaiah 30:6This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
- Jeremiah 13:19The cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them. All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive.
- Jeremiah 22:7I will appoint destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire.
- Ezekiel 4:7You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.
- Ezekiel 6:2“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
- Ezekiel 11:4Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man!”
- Ezekiel 21:2“Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
- Amos 7:16Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’
- Micah 2:6“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”
- Zechariah 11:1Open your doors, O Lebanon,that the fire may consume your cedars!
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