"Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop {thy word} toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the …" — Ezekiel 20:46

Ezekiel 20:46 · KJV

“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;”

— Ezekiel 20:46

Verse 45

Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Verse 47

And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

Ezekiel 20 — Context

And ye shall know that I {am} the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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;

And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

Cross References

Amos 7:16

Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not {thy word} against the house of Isaac.

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,

Jeremiah 13:19

The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open {them}: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.

Micah 2:6

Prophesy ye not, {say they to them that} prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, {that} they shall not take shame. {Prophesy ye...: or, Prophesy not as they prophesy: Heb. Drop, etc}

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.

Zechariah 11:1-2

Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

Ezekiel 6:2

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

Deuteronomy 32:2

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: