Ezekiel 35:2
New International Version
“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir; prophesy against it

New Living Translation
“Son of man, turn and face Mount Seir, and prophesy against its people.

English Standard Version
“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

Berean Standard Bible
“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,

King James Bible
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

New King James Version
“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,

New American Standard Bible
“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it

NASB 1995
“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it

NASB 1977
“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

Legacy Standard Bible
“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it

Amplified Bible
“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir (Edom), and prophesy against it

Christian Standard Bible
“Son of man, face Mount Seir and prophesy against it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Son of man, turn your face toward Mount Seir and prophesy against it.

American Standard Version
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the people of Edom

English Revised Version
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Son of man, turn to Mount Seir, and prophesy against it.

Good News Translation
"Mortal man," he said, "denounce the country of Edom.

International Standard Version
"Son of Man, turn your attention toward Mount Seir and begin to prophesy against it.

Majority Standard Bible
“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,

NET Bible
"Son of man, turn toward Mount Seir, and prophesy against it.

New Heart English Bible
"Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

Webster's Bible Translation
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

World English Bible
“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

Young's Literal Translation
'Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

Smith's Literal Translation
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy concerning it, and say to it:

Catholic Public Domain Version
“Son of man, set your face against mount Seir, and you shall prophesy about it, and you shall say to it:

New American Bible
Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it.

New Revised Standard Version
Mortal, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Son of man, set your face against mount Seir and prophesy against it,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
“Son of man, set your face toward the mountain of Seir, and prophesy over it
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Prophecy Against Mount Seir
1Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it, 3and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.…

Cross References
Obadiah 1:1-4
This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom—We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up, and let us go to battle against her!”— / “Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you will be deeply despised. / The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’ ...

Isaiah 34:5-6
When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction. / The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Jeremiah 49:7-22
Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed? / Turn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him. / If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted? ...

Malachi 1:2-4
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved, / but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.” / Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.

Amos 1:11-12
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly. / So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”

Psalm 137:7
Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”

Isaiah 63:1-6
Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.” / Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress? / “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. ...

Lamentations 4:21-22
So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself. / O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.

Joel 3:19
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.

Isaiah 21:11-12
This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?” / The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”

Numbers 20:14-21
From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us, / how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers, / and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory. ...

Genesis 27:41
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

2 Chronicles 20:10-12
And now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt. So Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them. / See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession that You gave us as an inheritance. / Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

Romans 9:13
So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

Hebrews 12:16-17
See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright. / For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.


Treasury of Scripture

Son of man, set your face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

set

Ezekiel 6:2
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

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 21:2
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

mount

Ezekiel 25:8
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;

Genesis 32:3
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Genesis 36:8,9
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom…

and prophesy

Ezekiel 25:12-14
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them; …

Ezekiel 32:29
There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.

Psalm 83:3-18
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones…

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Ezekiel 35
1. The judgment of mount Seir for their hatred of Israel, and insulting over their distress














Son of man
This phrase is a frequent designation for Ezekiel, used over 90 times in the book. In Hebrew, "ben adam" emphasizes the prophet's humanity and his role as a representative of mankind. It underscores the humility and frailty of the human condition, contrasting with the divine messages he is tasked to deliver. This title reminds us of the intimate relationship between God and His chosen messengers, who are called to speak His truth despite their human limitations.

set your face
This expression is a directive for Ezekiel to focus intently and resolutely on the task at hand. In Hebrew, "set your face" implies determination and unwavering commitment. It suggests a prophetic stance of courage and steadfastness, as Ezekiel is called to confront difficult truths and deliver God's judgments. This phrase encourages believers to adopt a posture of resolve and faithfulness in their own spiritual journeys.

against Mount Seir
Mount Seir is historically associated with the Edomites, descendants of Esau, Jacob's brother. The Edomites often opposed Israel, and Mount Seir symbolizes their longstanding enmity. In a broader sense, this phrase represents the opposition to God's people and His purposes. The mention of Mount Seir serves as a reminder of the consequences of hostility towards God's covenant community and the ultimate justice that God will enact.

prophesy against it
The command to "prophesy" involves delivering a divine message, often one of warning or judgment. In this context, Ezekiel is instructed to speak against Mount Seir, signifying God's impending judgment on Edom. The act of prophesying against a nation or people group highlights the sovereignty of God over all nations and His righteous judgment against those who oppose His will. This phrase calls believers to recognize the authority of God's word and the importance of aligning with His purposes.

(2) Mount Seir.--This poetical designation of the Edomites from the land which they inhabited is common in Scripture (Genesis 36:8-9; Deuteronomy 2:1; Deuteronomy 2:5; 1Chronicles 4:42, &c.). The land included the whole mountainous region between the Dead Sea and the Elanitic Gulf, or eastern branch of the Red Sea. The earlier denunciation of the Edomites had in view their historical relations to Israel; this, on the other hand, as already said--like Isaiah 34; Isaiah 63:1-6--while still keeping this historical relation in view, regards them also as representative of the world's hostility to the covenant people of God. This appears from the fact that the desolation of Edom, itself but a small province, is put in contrast (Ezekiel 35:14) with the rejoicing of the whole earth, and that in Ezekiel 36:5 (and generally Ezekiel 35:3-7) Edom is coupled with "the residue of the heathen." For the phrase "set thy face against," see Ezekiel 13:17; and on Ezekiel 35:3, comp. Ezekiel 6:14. . . . Verse 2. - Set thy face against Mount Seir. The mountainous are in between the Dead Sea and the Elanitic Gulf, which formed the original settlement of Esau and his descendants (Genesis 36:9), is here put for the land of Edom, as the land in turn stands for its people (Ezekiel 25:8). Although already the prophet has pronounced a threatening doom against Edom (Ezekiel 25:12-14), he once more directs against, it the judgments of Heaven, on this occasion viewing it as the representative of all those hostile world-powers which from the first had been opposed to Israel as the theocratic nation, and which even then, by their antagonism, hindered her return (cf. Isaiah 63:1-8).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“Son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of man,
אָדָ֕ם (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

turn
שִׂ֥ים (śîm)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

your face
פָּנֶ֖יךָ (pā·ne·ḵā)
Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

toward
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Mount
הַ֣ר (har)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

Seir
שֵׂעִ֑יר (śê·‘îr)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8165: Seir -- a mountain range in Edom, also its inhabitants, also a mountain in Judah

and prophesy
וְהִנָּבֵ֖א (wə·hin·nā·ḇê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 5012: To prophesy, speak, by inspiration

against it,
עָלָֽיו׃ (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against


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