King James Version
Ezekiel 25:2 in the King James Version says “Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites , and prophesy against them;” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites , and prophesy against them;”
Ezekiel 25:2 · KJV
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites , and prophesy against them;
And say unto the Ammonites , Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;
Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk. men: Heb. children
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
“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
“and prophesy”
H5012to prophesy, i.e., speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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