Ezekiel 29:2 ““Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy…”

Ezekiel 29:2

“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:

World English Bible

“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

American Standard Version

Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt;

Geneva Bible 1599

Sonne of man, set thy face against Pharaoh the King of Egypt, and prophecie against him, and against all Egypt.

Darby Translation

Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against the whole of Egypt;

Young's Literal Translation

'Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy concerning him, and concerning Egypt — all of it.

Bible in Basic English

Son of man, let your face be turned against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and be a prophet against him and against all Egypt:

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Cross references

“set”

Ezekiel 6:2 Ezekiel 20:46 Ezekiel 21:2 Ezekiel 25:2 Ezekiel 28:21 Ezekiel 28:22

Ezekiel 6:2 · BSB

“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.

Ezekiel 20:46 · BSB

“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.

Ezekiel 21:2 · BSB

“Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

Ezekiel 25:2 · BSB

“Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

Ezekiel 28:21 · BSB

“Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her.

Ezekiel 28:22 · BSB

And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate M…

“Pharaoh”

Jeremiah 44:30

Jeremiah 44:30 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,…

“against all”

Jeremiah 46:2–16 Isaiah 20:1–6 Jeremiah 43:8–13 Joel 3:19 Ezekiel 30:1–32 Isaiah 18:1–19

Jeremiah 46:2–16 · BSB

concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:

Isaiah 20:1–6 · BSB

Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,

Jeremiah 43:8–13 · BSB

Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes:

Joel 3:19 · BSB

Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.

Ezekiel 30:1–32 · BSB

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Isaiah 18:1–19 · BSB

Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

3Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’

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