Yǐsījiēshū 20:46

46 Rénzǐ a , nǐ yào miàn xiàng nánfāng , xiàng nán dī xià yùyán gōngjī nánfāng tiānyĕ de shùlín .

Yǐsījiēshū 20:46 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 20:46

Son of man, set thy force toward the south
The land of Judea, which lay south of Babylon, where the prophet now was, as Babylon lay north of that, ( Jeremiah 1:14 ) ( 4:6 ) to set his face was to speak freely and boldly, with courage and constancy, and without fear and dread, to the inhabitants of it; and as a token of the Lord's face being set against them for their sins. The Targum is,

``take a prophecy towards the way of the south.''

And drop thy word toward the south;
or prophesy, as the Targum; doctrine or prophecy being compared to rain, and the delivery of it to the dropping or distilling of rain; which falls gently, gradually, successively, and oftentimes with weight, and to good purpose; see ( Deuteronomy 32:2 ) , which metaphorical phrase is explained in the next clause: and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
the city of Jerusalem, in the land of Judea, which was very full of people, as a forest of trees; but these barren and unfruitful, as the trees of the wood generally are; and a rendezvous of wicked persons, comparable to beasts of prey, that haunt in woods and forests.

Yǐsījiēshū 20:46 In-Context

44 Zhǔ Yēhéhuá shuō , Yǐsèliè jiā a , wǒ wèi wǒ míng de yuángù , bú zhào zhe nǐmen de è xíng hé nǐmen de huaì shì dāi nǐmen . nǐmen jiù zhīdào wǒ shì Yēhéhuá .

45 Yēhéhuá de huà líndào wǒ shuō ,

46 Rénzǐ a , nǐ yào miàn xiàng nánfāng , xiàng nán dī xià yùyán gōngjī nánfāng tiānyĕ de shùlín .

47 Duì nánfāng de shùlín shuō , yào tīng Yēhéhuá de huà . zhǔ Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , wǒ bì shǐ huǒ zaì nǐ zhōngjiān zhe qǐ , shāo miè nǐ zhōngjiān de yīqiè qīng shù hé kū shù , mĕng liè de huǒyàn bì bù xī miè . cóng nán dào bĕi , rén de liǎnmiàn dōu beì shāo jiāo .

48 Fán yǒu xuèqì de dōu bì zhīdào shì wǒ Yēhéhuá shǐ huǒ zhe qǐ , zhè huǒ bì bù xī miè .