Ezekiel 25 · Verse 2

Ezekiel 25:2

Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
Ezekiel 25:2, King James Version

Ezekiel 25:2 in other translations

BSB“Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
WEB“Son of man, set your face toward the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them.
ASVSon of man, set thy face toward the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them:
YLT‘Son of man, set thy face unto the sons of Ammon, and prophesy against them;
DARBYSon of man, set thy face against the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them;
BBESon of man, let your face be turned to the children of Ammon, and be a prophet against them:
WebsterSon of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;

What does Ezekiel 25:2 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Set thy face against the Ammonites - We have already seen, Eze 21:19, etc., that when Nebuchadnezzar left Babylon he was in doubt whether he should besiege Riblath, the capital of the Ammonites, or Jerusalem, the capital of the Jews, first: and having used his divination. he was determined, by the result, to attack Jerusalem the first. He did so and the Ammonites, seeing the success of his arms, made friends with him, and exulted in the ruin of the Jews. God resents this, and predicts their downfall with that of Edom, Moab, and the Philistines. The fulfillment of this prediction is not noted in Scripture: but Josephus tells us, that about five years after the taking of Jerusalem, Nebuchadnezzar turned his arms against the Ammonites and Moabites, and afterwards against Egypt; and having subdued those nations, he returned to Babylon. Joseph. Antiq., 50 x., c. 2. Berosus states, as quoted by Josephus, contra App., that Nebuchadnezzar subdued Syria, Arabia, Phoenicia, and Egypt: and consequently, that he had brought under his dominion the Ammonites, Moabites, and Idumeans, who were included among the Philistines. See Calmet.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 25:1-7

Judgments against the Ammonites. (Ezek 25:1-7) Against the Moabites, Edomites, and Philistines. (Ezek 25:8-17) Verses 1-7 . It is wicked to be glad at the calamities of any, especially of God's people; it is a sin for which he will surely reckon. God will make it appear that he is the God of Israel, though he suffers them for a time to be captives in Babylon. It is better to know Him, and to be poor, than to be rich…

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Ezekiel 25:2 in the original Hebrew

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בֶּן\־ben-O son ofH1121
אָדָ֕ם'a.DamhumankindH120
שִׂ֥יםsimsetH7760
פָּנֶ֖יךָpa.Nei.khaface yourH6440
אֶל\־'el-toH413
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
עַמּ֑וֹןa.MonAmmonH5983
וְהִנָּבֵ֖אve.hi.na.Ve'and prophesyH5012
עֲלֵיהֶֽם\׃'a.lei.Hemon themH5921

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Cross references for Ezekiel 25:2

  • Jeremiah 49:1-6

    Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities? Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the Lord. Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together. Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me? …

  • Amos 1:13-15

    Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border: But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 6:2

    Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

  • Zephaniah 2:8-11

    I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border. Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hosts. The Lord will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.

  • Ezekiel 21:2

    Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

  • Ezekiel 21:28-32

    And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering: Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end. Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy. …

  • Ezekiel 20:46

    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;

  • Jeremiah 9:25-26

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.

  • Jeremiah 27:3

    And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;

  • Ezekiel 35:2

    Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

  • Jeremiah 25:21

    Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,

  • Genesis 19:38

    And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben–ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thy face.
6:2; 20:46; 21:2; 35:2
the Ammonites.
21:28-32; Ge 19:38; Jer 9:25,26; 25:21; 27:3; 49:1-6; Am 1:13-15
Zep 2:8-11

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Context

  • Ezekiel 25:1

    The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

  • Ezekiel 25:2

    Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;

  • Ezekiel 25:3

    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;

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Ezekiel 25:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Hijo del hombre, pon tu rostro hacia los hijos de Ammón, y profetiza sobre ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Fils d’homme, tourne ta face vers les fils d’Ammon, et prophétise contre eux,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Menschensohn, richte dein Angesicht gegen die Kinder Ammon und weissage wider sie;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Fili hominis, pone faciem tuam contra filios Ammon, et prophetabis de eis.