After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them like dew.
Ezekiel 20:46 - New Revised Standard Version Mortal, set your face toward the south, preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negeb; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land of the South (the Negeb), American Standard Version (1901) Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South; Common English Bible Human one, face Teman, preach against the south, and prophesy against the thicket in the arid southern plain. Catholic Public Domain Version "Son of man, set your face against the way of the south, and pour in drops toward Africa, and prophesy against the forest of the field of the meridian. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Son of man, set thy face against the way of the south, and drop towards the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field. |
After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them like dew.
An oracle concerning the animals of the Negeb. Through a land of trouble and distress, of lioness and roaring lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that cannot profit them.
The towns of the Negeb are shut up with no one to open them; all Judah is taken into exile, wholly taken into exile.
I will prepare destroyers against you, all with their weapons; they shall cut down your choicest cedars and cast them into the fire.
Mortal, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel
Because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked, therefore my sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north;
You shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and with your arm bared you shall prophesy against it.
O mortal, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
“Now therefore hear the word of the Lord. You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.’
“Do not preach”—thus they preach— “one should not preach of such things; disgrace will not overtake us.”
May my teaching drop like the rain, my speech condense like the dew; like gentle rain on grass, like showers on new growth.