"Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop {thy word} toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of …" — Ezekiel 21:2

Ezekiel 21:2 · KJV

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

— Ezekiel 21:2

Verse 1

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

Verse 3

And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I {am} against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

Ezekiel 21 — Context

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

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

And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I {am} against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

Cross References

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;

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 25:2

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

Ezekiel 28:21

Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,

Ephesians 6:19

And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

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}

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:

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.