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;
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Gill's Exposition
And all flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it,.... Not only the inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judea should see the hand of the Lord in their destruction; but even all the neighbouring…
This paragraph is in the Hebrew text, Septuagint and Vulgate the beginning of Ezek. 21 to which it belongs, as it contains a prophecy delivered in a form which is there explained. It may, however, be…
Adam Clarke
Set thy face toward the south - Towards Judea, which lay south from Babylon, or Mesopotamia, where the prophet then dwelt.
The forest of the south field - The city of Jerusalem, as full of inhabitants…
We have here a prophecy of wrath against Judah and Jerusalem, which would more fitly have begun the next chapter than conclude this; for it has no dependence on what goes before, but that which…
Cambridge Bible
the south Though the reference is to Judah and Jerusalem (Eze 21:1-5), the term "south" hardly means the south of Palestine; rather the whole land of Palestine from the point of view of the prophet…
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