King James Version
Ezekiel 20:46 in the King James Version says “Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the so...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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;”
Ezekiel 20:46 · KJV
And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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;
And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“set”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“thy face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“toward”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“and drop”
H5197to ooze, i.e., distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak by inspiration
“and prophesy”
H5012to prophesy, i.e., speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
“against the forest”
H3293a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
“of the south”
H5045the south (from its drought); specifically, the negeb or southern district of judah, occasionally, egypt (as south to palestine)
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