“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
The prophet had faithfully delivered the message he was entrusted with, in the close of the foregoing chapter, in the terms wherein he received it, not daring to add his own comment upon it; but, when he complained that the people found fault with him for speaking parables, the word of the Lord came to him again, and gave him a key to that figurative...
Commenting on Ezekiel 21:1-7
And say to the land of Israel,.... The inhabitants of it, signified by the "forest of the south field", Eze 20:47, thus saith the Lord, behold, I am against thee; and sad it is to have the Lord against a people, a nation, a city, or a family, or a particular person; for there is no contending with him, or standing before him; there is...
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop [thy word] toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, (a) Speak sensibly, that all may understand.