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Ezekiel 29:2

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1 In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

3 Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’

4 But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
KJV
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:
WEB
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
ASV
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt;
DARBY
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against the whole of Egypt;
BLB
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
ÅB
Menneskesønn! Vend ditt åsyn mot Farao, Egypts konge, og spå mot ham og mot hele Egypt!
OTB
“Menneskesønn, vend ditt ansikt mot farao, kongen av Egypt, og profeter mot ham og hele Egypt.
B1930
Menneskesønn! Vend ditt åsyn mot Farao, Egyptens konge, og spå mot ham og mot hele Egypten!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 6:2

    “Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.

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  • Jeremiah 46:2–16

    concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:

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  • Jeremiah 44:30

    This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”

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  • Ezekiel 25:2

    “Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

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  • Ezekiel 21:2

    “Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

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  • Jeremiah 25:18–19

    to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;

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  • Isaiah 20:1–6

    Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,

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  • Isaiah 18:1–19:17

    Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,

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