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Brenton's Septuagint

Ezekiel 35:2

Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Mountains;   Seir, Mount;   The Topic Concordance - Desolation;   Enemies;   Hate;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Edomites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sela;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Edom;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Seir, Mount;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ezekiel;   Obadiah, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Son of man, face Mount Seir and prophesy against it.
Hebrew Names Version
Son of man, set your face against Mount Se`ir, and prophesy against it,
King James Version
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
English Standard Version
"Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
New American Standard Bible
"Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it
New Century Version
"Human, look toward Edom and prophesy against it.
Amplified Bible
"Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir (Edom), and prophesy against it
Geneva Bible (1587)
Sonne of man, Set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesie against it,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it
Legacy Standard Bible
"Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it
Berean Standard Bible
"Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,
Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the people of Edom
Complete Jewish Bible
"Human being, turn your face against Mount Se‘ir; prophesy against it,
Darby Translation
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
Easy-to-Read Version
"Son of man, look toward Mount Seir and speak against it for me.
George Lamsa Translation
Son of man, set your face against mount Seir and prophesy against it,
Good News Translation
"Mortal man," he said, "denounce the country of Edom.
Lexham English Bible
"Son of man, set your face against the mountain of Seir and prophesy against it,
Literal Translation
Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou sonne of man, turne thy face towarde the mount Seir, prophecy vpon it,
American Standard Version
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
Bible in Basic English
Son of man, let your face be turned to Mount Seir, and be a prophet against it,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
King James Version (1611)
Sonne of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophecie against it,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou sonne of man, set thy face toward the mount Seir, prophecie against it.
English Revised Version
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
World English Bible
Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he seide, Thou, sone of man, sette thi face ayens the hil of Seir; and thou schalt profesie to it, and thou schalt seie to it,
Update Bible Version
Son of man, set your face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
Webster's Bible Translation
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
New English Translation
"Son of man, turn toward Mount Seir, and prophesy against it.
New King James Version
"Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,
New Living Translation
"Son of man, turn and face Mount Seir, and prophesy against its people.
New Life Bible
"Son of man, look toward Mount Seir and speak against it,
New Revised Standard
Mortal, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Son of man Set thy face against Mount Seir, - and prophesy against it;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy concerning it, and say to it:
Revised Standard Version
"Son of man, set your face against Mount Se'ir, and prophesy against it,
Young's Literal Translation
`Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

Contextual Overview

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 3 and say to it, 4 And I will cause desolation in thy cities, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. 5 Because thou hast been a perpetual enemy, and hast laid wait craftily for the house of Israel, with the hand of enemies with a sword, in the time of injustice, at the last: 6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, verily thou hast sinned even to blood, therefore blood shall pursue thee. 7 And I will make mount Seir a waste, and desolate, and I will destroy from off it men and cattle: 8 and I will fill thy hills and thy valleys with slain men, and in all thy plains there shall fall in thee men slain with the sword. 9 I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited any more: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

set: Ezekiel 6:2, Ezekiel 20:46, Ezekiel 21:2, Ezekiel 25:2, Isaiah 50:7, Ephesians 6:19

mount: Ezekiel 25:8, Genesis 32:3, Genesis 36:8, Genesis 36:9, Deuteronomy 2:5, Joshua 24:4, 2 Chronicles 20:10, 2 Chronicles 20:22, 2 Chronicles 20:23, 2 Chronicles 25:11-14

and prophesy: Ezekiel 25:12-14, Ezekiel 32:29, Psalms 83:3-18, Isaiah 34:1-17, Isaiah 63:1-6, Jeremiah 9:25, Jeremiah 9:26, Jeremiah 49:7-22, Lamentations 4:21, Lamentations 4:22, Amos 1:11, Amos 1:12, Obadiah 1:1, Obadiah 1:10-14

Reciprocal: Genesis 33:14 - unto Seir Jeremiah 49:13 - a desolation Ezekiel 38:2 - set

Cross-References

Genesis 18:19
For I know that he will order his sons, and his house after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraam all things whatsoever he has spoken to him.
Genesis 31:19
And Laban went to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole her father’s images.
Genesis 31:34
And Rachel took the idols, and cast them among the camel’s packs, and sat upon them.
Genesis 34:2
And Sychem the son of Emmor the Evite, the ruler of the land, saw her, and took her and lay with her, and humbled her.
Genesis 35:1
And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to the place, Baethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar to the God that appeared to thee, when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Genesis 35:2
And Jacob said to his house, and to all that were with him, Remove the strange gods that are with you from the midst of you, and purify yourselves, and change your clothes.
Genesis 35:3
And let us rise and go up to Baethel, and let us there make an alter to God who hearkened to me in the day of calamity, who was with me, and preserved me throughout in the journey, by which I went.
Genesis 35:4
And they gave to Jacob the strange gods, which were in their hands, and the ear-rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the turpentine tree which is in Secima, and destroyed them to this day.
Genesis 35:7
And he built there an altar, and called the name of the place Baethel; for there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of his brother Esau.
Genesis 35:10
And God said to him, Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; and he called his name Israel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Son of man set thy face against Mount Seir,.... Which had its name from Seir the Horite, who first possessed it; and was succeeded in it by Esau and his posterity, the Edomites; see Genesis 36:8 Deuteronomy 2:12, so that the country of Edom or Idumea is here intended, and the inhabitants of it; who are put for the enemies of the church and people of God in general, as these were the enemies of Israel and Judah; and particularly for Rome, which, as it was spiritually called Egypt and Sodom, so it may be called Edom, as it often is by the Jews: now the prophet is bid to turn his face towards this mountain or country, and look sternly at it, and severely threaten it. The Targum is,

"take up a prophecy against it;''

which is expressed in the next clause:

and prophesy against it; foretell things contrary to it, which relate to its destruction, as follows:

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 35:2. Set thy face against Mount Seir — That is, against the Edomites. This prophecy was probably delivered about the time of the preceding, and before the destruction of Idumea by Nebuchadnezzar, which took place about five years after.

Calmet supposes that two destructions of Idumea are here foretold; one by Nebuchadnezzar, and the other by the Jews after their return from their captivity.


 
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