Ezekiel 29:2
1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:
3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
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.
Compare
- 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)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 6:2
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
Read in contextJeremiah 46:2–16
Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
Read in contextJeremiah 44:30
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
Read in contextEzekiel 25:2
Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
Read in contextEzekiel 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,
Read in contextJeremiah 25:18–19
To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
Read in contextIsaiah 20:1–6
In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
Read in contextIsaiah 18:1–19:17
Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
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