Ezekiel 25:2

Bishop's Bible

Thou sonne of man, set thy face toward the Ammonites, and prophecie vpon them.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
"Son of man, look toward the people of Ammon and speak against them for me.

New Living Translation
"Son of man, turn and face the land of Ammon and prophesy against its people.

New American Standard Bible
"Son of man, set your face against the sons of Ammon and prophesy against them,

New Century Version
"Human, look toward the people of Ammon and prophesy against them.

New English Translation
"Son of man, turn toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

Update Bible Version
Son of man, set your face toward the sons of Ammon, and prophesy against them:

Webster's Bible Translation
Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;

Amplified Bible
"Son of man, set your face toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

English Standard Version
"Son of man, set your face toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

World English Bible
Son of man, set your face toward the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he seide, Thou, sone of man, sette thi face ayens the sones of Amon, and thou schalt profesie of hem.

English Revised Version
Son of man, set thy face toward the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them:

Berean Standard Bible
"Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the people of Ammon

American Standard Version
Son of man, set thy face toward the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them:

Bible in Basic English
Son of man, let your face be turned to the children of Ammon, and be a prophet against them:

Complete Jewish Bible
"Human being, turn your face toward the people of ‘Amon and prophesy against them;

Darby Translation
Son of man, set thy face against the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Son of man, set thy face toward the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them;

King James Version (1611)
Sonne of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophecie against them,

New Life Bible
"Son of man, look toward the Ammonites and speak against them.

New Revised Standard
Mortal, set your face toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Sonne of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophecie against them,

George Lamsa Translation
Son of man, set your face toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Son of man Set thy face against the sons of Ammon, - and prophesy against them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Son of man, set thy face against the children of Ammon, and thou shalt prophesy of them.

Revised Standard Version
"Son of man, set your face toward the Ammonites, and prophesy against them.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Son of man, set thy face steadfastly against the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them;

Good News Translation
"Mortal man," he said, "denounce the country of Ammon.

Christian Standard Bible®
“Son of man, face the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

Hebrew Names Version
Son of man, set your face toward the children of `Ammon, and prophesy against them:

King James Version
Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;

Lexham English Bible
"Son of man, set your face toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them,

Literal Translation
Son of man, set your face against the sons of Ammon and prophesy against them.

Young's Literal Translation
`Son of man, set thy face unto the sons of Ammon, and prophesy against them;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou sonne of man, set thy face agaynst ye Ammonites, prophecy vpon them,

New King James Version
"Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Son of man, set your face toward the sons of Ammon and prophesy against them,

Legacy Standard Bible
"Son of man, set your face toward the sons of Ammon and prophesy against them

Contextual Overview

¹ The worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying: ² Thou sonne of man, set thy face toward the Ammonites, and prophecie vpon them. ³ And say vnto the Ammonites: heare the worde of the Lorde God, thus sayth the Lorde God: Forsomuch as thou saydest Haha ouer my sanctuarie because it was polluted, and ouer the land of Israel because it was desolate, and ouer the house of Iuda because they went into captiuitie: ⁴ Beholde therfore, I wil deliuer thee to the people of the cast, that they may haue thee in possession: these shall settle their palaces in thee, and make their dwellinges in thee, they shall eate thy fruite, and drinke vp thy milke. ⁵ As for Rabbath, I will make of it a stable for camels, and of the Ammonites a sheepfolde: and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde. ⁶ For thus sayth the Lorde God: Insomuch as thou hast clapped with thyne handes, and stamped with thy feete, yea and reioyced ouer the lande of Israel with all thy despite in heart: ⁷ Behold therfore I wil stretche out my hande ouer thee, and deliuer thee to be spoyled of the heathen, & roote thee out from among the people, and cause thee to perishe out of the landes: yea I will make thee to be destroyed, that thou mayest know that I am the Lorde.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thy face: Ezekiel 6:2, Ezekiel 20:46, Ezekiel 21:2, Ezekiel 35:2

the Ammonites: Ezekiel 21:28-32, Genesis 19:38, Jeremiah 9:25, Jeremiah 9:26, Jeremiah 25:21, Jeremiah 27:3, Jeremiah 49:1-6, Amos 1:13-15, Zephaniah 2:8-11

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 40:11 - all the Jews Jeremiah 40:14 - Ammonites Ezekiel 5:8 - in the Ezekiel 11:4 - General Ezekiel 25:10 - with the Ammonites Ezekiel 26:2 - Aha Ezekiel 28:21 - set Ezekiel 29:2 - set Ezekiel 38:2 - set Daniel 11:17 - set

Cross-References

Genesis 25:1
Abraham proceeded further, and toke hym another wyfe, called Cetura.

Genesis 25:4
And the sonnes of Midian, Ephah, & Epher, & Hanoch, & Abida, & Eldaah: all these were the children of Cetura.

Genesis 25:8
And then Abraham waxyng away, dyed in a lustie age, beyng an olde man, when he had liued ynough, and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 25:15
Ietur, Naphis, and Cedina.

Genesis 25:16
These are the sonnes of Ismael, and these are their names by theyr townes and castles, twelue princes of their housholdes.

Genesis 25:17
And these are the yeres of the lyfe of Ismael, an hundred and thirtie and seuen yere: and he waxing away, dyed, and was layed vnto his people.

Genesis 25:18
And they dwelled from Hauilah vnto Sur, that is by the border of Egypt as thou goest toward Assur, and he died in the presence of all his brethren.

Genesis 25:32
Esau sayde: lo, I am at the poynt to dye, and what profite shall this byrthryght do me?

Genesis 25:33
Iacob aunswered: sweare to me then this day. And he sware to him, & solde his byrthryght vnto Iacob.

Genesis 36:35
And after the death of Husam, Hadad the sonne of Bedad, which slew the Madianites in the field of the Moabites, raigned in his steade: & the name of his citie was Auith.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites,.... Who were of the posterity of Lot, implacable enemies of the Jews; who hated their religion, and envied their wealth and happiness; against these the prophet is bid to "set his face"; to look that way where they lived, and to put on a frowning countenance, and a menacing aspect: "strengthen thy face", as the Septuagint and Arabic versions render it; look boldly at them:

and prophesy against them; deliver out the following prophecy concerning them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It was a distinct part of scriptural prophecy to address pagan nations. In Isaiah Isa. 13–19, Jeremiah Jer. 46–51, and here Ezek. 25–32, one section is specially devoted to a collection of such prophecies. Every such prediction had the general purpose of exhibiting the conflict ever waging between the servants of God and the powers of the world, the struggle in which the Church of Christ has still to wrestle against her foes Ephesians 6:12, but in which she will surely prevail.

It was a distinct part of scriptural prophecy to address pagan nations. In Isaiah Isa. 13–19, Jeremiah Jer. 46–51, and here Ezek. 25–32, one section is specially devoted to a collection of such prophecies. Every such prediction had the general purpose of exhibiting the conflict ever waging between the servants of God and the powers of the world, the struggle in which the Church of Christ has still to wrestle against her foes Ephesians 6:12, but in which she will surely prevail.

This series of prophecies, with one exception, was delivered at the time of the fall of Jerusalem; some shortly before, and some shortly after, the capture of the city. They were collected together to illustrate their original purpose of warning the nations not to exult in their neighbor’s fall. Seven nations are addressed, which have had most contact with the children of Israel - on their eastern borders Moab and Ammon, to the south, Edom, on the south-west Philistia, northward Tyre (the merchant city) and the more ancient Sidon, and lastly Egypt, alternately the scourge and the false stay of the chosen people. The number “seven” is symbolic of completeness. “Seven” prophecies against Egypt the chief of “seven” nations, denote the completeness of the overthrow of the pagan power, the antagonist of the kingdom of God. While other prophets hold out to these pagan nations some prospect of future mercy (e. g., Isaiah 16:14; Jeremiah 49:6, Jeremiah 49:11), Ezekiel speaks of their complete ruin. He was contemplating “national” ruin. In the case of Jerusalem there would be national restoration, but in the case of the pagan no such recovery. The “national” ruin was irretrievable; the remnant to whom the other prophets hold out hopes of mercy were to find it as individuals gathered into God’s Church, not as nations to be again set up. Ezekiel does not, like other prophets, prophesy against Babylon; it was his mission to show that for the moment, Babylon was the righteous instrument of the divine wrath, doing God’s work in punishing His foes. In prophesying against foreign nations, Ezekiel often adopts the language of those who preceded him.

In Ezekiel 25:0, the four nations most closely connected with one another by geographical position and by contact, are addressed in a few brief sentences concluding with the same refrain - “Ye shall know that I am the Lord” (e. g. Ezekiel 25:5). This prophecy was delivered immediately after the capture of the city by Nebuchadnezzar, and so is later, in point of time, than some of the prophecies that follow it.

The Ammonites were inveterate foes of the descendants of Abraham.

Ezekiel 25:4

Men of the east - The wild wandering Arabs who should come in afterward upon the ruined land. The name was a common term for the nomadic tribes of the desert. Compare Isaiah 13:20.

Palaces - encampments. The tents and folds of nomadic tribes. After subjugation by Nebuchadnezzar Ezekiel 21:28, the land was subjected to various masters. The Graeco-Egyptian kings founded a city on the site of Rabbah Ezekiel 25:5, called Philadelphia, from Ptolemy Philadelphus. In later times, Arabs from the east have completed the doom pronounced against Rabbah.

Ezekiel 25:7

For a spoil - Or, for a portion.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 25:2. Set thy face against the Ammonites — We have already seen, Ezekiel 21:19, c., that when Nebuchadnezzar left Babylon he was in doubt whether he should besiege Riblath, the capital of the Ammonites, or Jerusalem, the capital of the Jews, first: and having used his divination. he was determined, by the result, to attack Jerusalem the first. He did so and the Ammonites, seeing the success of his arms, made friends with him, and exulted in the ruin of the Jews. God resents this, and predicts their downfall with that of Edom, Moab, and the Philistines. The fulfilment of this prediction is not noted in Scripture: but Josephus tells us, that about five years after the taking of Jerusalem, Nebuchadnezzar turned his arms against the Ammonites and Moabites, and afterwards against Egypt; and having subdued those nations, he returned to Babylon. Joseph. Antiq., l. x., c. ii. Berosus states, as quoted by Josephus, contra App., that Nebuchadnezzar subdued Syria, Arabia, Phoenicia, and Egypt: and consequently, that he had brought under his dominion the Ammonites, Moabites, and Idumeans, who were included among the Philistines. See Calmet.