Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Ezekiel 20:46

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;

KJV

Fili hominis, pone faciem tuam contra viam austri, et stilla ad africum, et propheta ad saltum agri meridiani.

Vulgate

Υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, στήρισον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἐπὶ Θαιμὰν καὶ ἐπίβλεψον ἐπὶ Δαγὼν καὶ προφήτευσον ἐπὶ δρυμὸν ἡγούμενον Νάγεβ,

LXX

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;

ASV

Son of man, set thy face against the way of the south, and drop towards the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field.

Douay-Rheims

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Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 7:16 — Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
  • Amos 7:16 — Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
  • Ezek 6:2 — Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
  • Ezek 21:2 — Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
  • Ezek 21:2 — Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
  • Jer 13:19 — The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.
  • Jer 21:14 — But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.
  • Job 29:22 — After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
  • Ps 29:9 — The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.