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Ezekiel 4:7

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Then you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm [shall be] uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with thine arm uncovered; and thou shalt prophesy against it.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with thine arm uncovered; and thou shalt prophesy against it.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Therefore thou shalt set thy face towards the siege of Jerusalem, and thy arm [shall be] uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Thus then, unto the siege of Jerusalem, shalt thou direct thy face, with thine arm made bare,—so shalt thou prophesy against it.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 'And unto the siege of Jerusalem thou dost prepare thy face, and thine arm [is] uncovered, and thou hast prophesied concerning it.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And thou shalt turn thy face to the siege of Jerusalem and thy arm shall be stretched out: and thou shalt prophesy against it.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Therefore thou shalt direct thy face towarde the siege of Ierusalem, and thine arme shalbe vncouered, and thou shalt prophesie against it.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Ierusalem, and thine arme [shalbe] vncouered, and thou shalt prophecie against it.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Therefore you shall set your face towards the siege of Jerusalem, and your arm shall prevail, and you shall prophesy against it.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— So thou shalt set thy face to the siege of Jerusalem, and shalt strengthen thine arm, and shalt prophesy against it.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Yerushalaim, and thine arm [shall be] uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Therefore thou shalt set 3559
{3559} Prime
כּוּן
kuwn
{koon}
A primitive root; properly to be erect (that is, stand perpendicular);. hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous).
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
thy face 6440
{6440} Prime
פָּנִים
paniym
{paw-neem'}
Plural (but always used as a singular) of an unused noun (פָּנֶה paneh, {paw-neh'}; from H6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.).
toward x413
(0413) Complement
אֵל
'el
{ale}
(Used only in the shortened constructive form (the second form)); a primitive particle, properly denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, that is, near, with or among; often in general, to.
the siege 4692
{4692} Prime
מָצוֹר
matsowr
{maw-tsore'}
From H6696; something hemming in, that is, (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness.
of Yærûšälaim יְרוּשָׁלִַם, 3389
{3389} Prime
יְרוּשָׁלִַם
Y@ruwshalaim
{yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im}
A dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of H3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) H3384 and H7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine.
and thine arm 2220
{2220} Prime
זְרוֹעַ
z@rowa`
{zer-o'-ah}
From H2232; the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively force.
[shall be] uncovered, 2834
{2834} Prime
חָשַׂף
chasaph
{khaw-saf'}
A primitive root; to strip off, that is, generally to make naked (for exertion or in disgrace), to drain away or bail up (a liquid).
z8803
<8803> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Passive (See H8815)
Count - 1415
and thou shalt prophesy 5012
{5012} Prime
נָבָא
naba'
{naw-baw'}
A primitive root; to prophesy, that is, speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse).
z8738
<8738> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 1429
against x5921
(5921) Complement
עַל
`al
{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
it.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Ezekiel 4:7

_ _ arm ... uncovered — to be ready for action, which the long Oriental garment usually covering it would prevent (Isaiah 52:10).

_ _ thou shalt prophesy against it — This gesture of thine will be a tacit prophecy against it.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Ezekiel 4:1-8.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ezekiel 4:7

Set — While thou liest on thy side thou shalt fix thy countenance on the portrait of besieged Jerusalem. Uncovered — Naked and stretched out as being ready to strike.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Ezekiel 4:7

Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thy (d) arm [shall be] uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.

(d) In token of a speedy vengeance.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
set:

Ezekiel 4:3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it [for] a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This [shall be] a sign to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 6:2 Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

and thine:

Isaiah 52:10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
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Is 52:10. Ezk 4:3; 6:2.

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