After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them.
Ezekiel 20:46 - Revised Standard Version CI “Son of man, 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.
An oracle on the beasts of the Negeb. Through a land of trouble and anguish, from where come the lioness and the lion, the viper and the flying serpent, they carry their riches on the backs of asses, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that cannot profit them.
The cities of the Negeb are shut up, with none to open them; all Judah is taken into exile, wholly taken into exile.
I will prepare destroyers against you, each with his weapons; and they shall cut down your choicest cedars, and cast them into the fire.
“Son of man, 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;
And you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm bared; and you shall prophesy against the city.
“Son of man, 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 as the rain, my speech distil as the dew, as the gentle rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.