"Sonof man,setyour facetowardJerusalem,and speakagainstthe sanctuariesand prophesyagainstthe landof Israel;
"Aftermy wordsthey did not speakagain,And my speechdroppedon them.
"Throughyour servantsyou have reproachedthe Lord,And you have said,'With my manychariotsI cameup to the heightsof the mountains,To the remotestpartsof Lebanon;And I cutdownits tallcedars[and] its choicecypresses.And I will goto its highestpeak,its thickestforest.
"Therefore,prophesyagainstthem, sonof man,prophesy!"
"Sonof man,setyour facetowardTeman,and speakout againstthe southand prophesyagainstthe forestlandof the Negev,
And the wordof the LORDcameto me saying,
Therefore,thussaysthe LordGOD,"Woeto the bloodycity!I alsowill makethe pilegreat.
"Sonof man,setyour facetowardthe sonsof Ammonand prophesyagainstthem,
"Sonof man,setyour facetowardSidon,prophesyagainsther
"Sonof man,setyour faceagainstPharaohkingof Egyptand prophesyagainsthim and againstallEgypt.
"And you, sonof man,prophesyto the mountainsof Israeland say,'O mountainsof Israel,hearthe wordof the LORD.
"Sonof man,setyour facetowardGogof the landof Magog,the princeof Rosh,Meshechand Tubal,and prophesyagainsthim
"Then getyourself an ironplateand setit up as an ironwallbetweenyou and the city,and setyour facetowardit so that it is under siege,and besiegeit. Thisis a signto the houseof Israel.
"Then you shall setyour facetowardthe siegeof Jerusalemwith your armbaredand prophesyagainstit.
"Sonof man,setyour facetowardthe mountainsof Israel,and prophesyagainstthem
"Nowhearthe wordof the LORD:you are saying,You shall not prophesyagainstIsraelnorshall you speakagainstthe houseof Isaac.'
"Ifa manwalkingafter windand falsehoodHad toldlies[and said], 'I will speakout to you concerning wineand liquor,'He would be spokesmanto thispeople.
Do not speakout,' [so] they speakout. [But if] they do not speakout concerning thesethings,Reproacheswill not be turnedback.
and [pray] on my behalf,that utterancemay be givento me in the openingof my mouth,to make knownwith boldnessthe mysteryof the gospel,
"Let my teachingdropas the rain,My speechdistillas the dew,As the dropletson the freshgrassAnd as the showerson the herb.
