Ezekiel 20:46

Overview - Ezekiel 20
God refuses to be consulted by the elders of Israel.
He shews the story of their rebellions in Egypt,
10 in the wilderness,
27 and in the land.
33 He promises to gather them by the Gospel.
45 Under the name of a forest he shews the destruction of Jerusalem.
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Ezekiel 20:46  (King James Version)
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;
 


set
4:7 6:2

toward
Towards Judea, which lay south of Mesopotamia, where the prophet now dwelt.

and drop
21:2 Deuteronomy 32:2 ; Job 29:22 ; Amos 7:16 ; Micah 2:6 ; *marg:

the forest
The city of Jerusalem, as full of inhabitants as the forest is of trees.
Jeremiah 13:19 ; 22:7 Zechariah 11:1 Zechariah 11:2