Ezekiel 6:2

6:2 “Son of man, turn toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them:

Ezekiel 11:6

11:6 You have killed many people in this city; you have filled its streets with corpses.’

Ezekiel 16:9

16:9 “‘Then I bathed you in water, washed the blood off you, and anointed you with fragrant oil.

Ezekiel 16:60

16:60 Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish a lasting covenant with you.

Ezekiel 25:2

25:2 “Son of man, turn toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

Ezekiel 35:2

35:2 “Son of man, turn toward Mount Seir, and prophesy against it.

tn Heb “set your face against.” The expression occurs at the beginning of Ezekiel’s prophetic oracles in Ezek 13:17; 20:46; 21:2; 25:2; 28:21; 29:2; 35:2; 38:2.

sn Based on comparison to a similar expression in Ugaritic, the phrase may imply that Ezekiel was to actually go to these locations to deliver his message.

tn Or “eternal.”

tn Heb “set your face toward.”

tn Heb “the sons of Ammon.” Ammon was located to the east of Israel.

tn Heb “set your face against.”

sn Mount Seir is to be identified with Edom (Ezek 35:15), home of Esau’s descendants (Gen 25:21-30).