Discovery BoxEzekiel 4:7 
Context4:7 You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it.
Ezekiel 21:2
Context21:2 “Son of man, turn toward 1 Jerusalem 2 and speak out against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
Ezekiel 21:20
Context21:20 Mark out the routes for the sword to take: “Rabbah of the Ammonites” and “Judah with Jerusalem in it.” 3
1 tn Heb “set your face toward.”
2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
3 tc The MT reads “Judah in fortified Jerusalem,” a geographic impossibility. The translation follows the LXX, which assumes בְּתוֹכָהּ (bÿtokhah, “in it”) for בְּצוּרָה (bÿtsurah, “fortified”).
sn As the Babylonians approached from the north, one road would branch off to the left and lead down the east side of the Jordan River to Ammon. The other road would veer to the right and lead down west of the Jordan to Jerusalem.
