Ezekiel 4:7
Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
Ezekiel 4:7 in other translations
| BSB | You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it. |
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| WEB | You shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm uncovered; and you shall prophesy against it. |
| ASV | And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with thine arm uncovered; and thou shalt prophesy against it. |
| YLT | ‘And unto the siege of Jerusalem thou dost prepare thy face, and thine arm is uncovered, and thou hast prophesied concerning it. |
| DARBY | And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. |
| BBE | And let your face be turned to where Jerusalem is shut in, with your arm uncovered, and be a prophet against it. |
| Webster | Therefore thou shalt set thy face towards the siege of Jerusalem, and thy arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. |
What does Ezekiel 4:7 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 4:1-8
The siege of Jerusalem. (Ezek 4:1-8) The famine the inhabitants would suffer. (Ezek 4:9-17) Verses 1-8 The prophet was to represent the siege of Jerusalem by signs. He was to lie on his left side for a number of days, supposed to be equal to the years from the establishment of idolatry. All that the prophet sets before the children of his people, about the destruction of Jerusalem, is to show that sin is the…
Ezekiel 4:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 4:7
- Isaiah 52:10
The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
- 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 6:2
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
- Ezekiel 4:3
Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
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Context
- Ezekiel 4:6
And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
- Ezekiel 4:7
Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
- Ezekiel 4:8
And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
Ezekiel 4:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y al cerco de Jerusalem afirmarás tu rostro, y descubierto tu brazo, profetizarás contra ella. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et tu dresseras ta face vers le siège de Jérusalem; et ton bras sera découvert, et tu prophétiseras contre elle. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und du sollst dein Angesicht und deinen entblößten Arm gegen die Belagerung Jerusalems hin richten und du sollst wider dasselbe weissagen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et ad obsidionem Jerusalem convertes faciem tuam, et brachium tuum erit extentum: et prophetabis adversus eam. |