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href="/bsb/ezekiel/6.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/6.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel; prophesy against them<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Son of man, turn and face the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Son of man, face the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Son of man, turn your face toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy unto them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Ezekiel, son of man, face the hills of Israel and tell them: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy unto them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Son of man, look toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Mortal man," he said, "look toward the mountains of Israel and give them my message. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Son of Man," he said, "turn your face to oppose the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Son of man, turn toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy to them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Son of man, set thy face towards the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy to them, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Son of man, set your face toward mountains of Israel, and prophesy concerning them:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Son of man, set thy face unto mountains of Israel, and prophesy concerning them:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Son of man, set thy face to the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Son of man, set thy face towards the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and you shall prophesy against them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />O mortal, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />“Son of man, set your face to the mountains of Israel and prophesy over them<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Son of man, set thy face against the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/6-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=1128" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/6.htm">Judgment Against Idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">“Son</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: ’ā·ḏām (N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">of man,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: śîm (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">set</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pā·ne·ḵā (N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">your face</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">against</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·rê (N-mpc) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">the mountains</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/5012.htm" title="5012: wə·hin·nā·ḇê (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-Imp-ms) -- To prophesy. A primitive root; to prophesy, i.e. Speak by inspiration.">and prophesy</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- To, into, towards. ">against them.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Jeremiah 25:15-29</a></span><br />This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it. / And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.” / So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-12.htm">Isaiah 2:12-22</a></span><br />For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled— / against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan, / against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/1-14.htm">Jeremiah 1:14-16</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land. / For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah. / I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me, and they have burned incense to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/3-1.htm">Amos 3:1-2</a></span><br />Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt: / “Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-1.htm">Isaiah 13:1-13</a></span><br />This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received: / Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles. / I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-5.htm">Jeremiah 4:5-8</a></span><br />Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’ / Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction. / A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/5-1.htm">Hosea 5:1-5</a></span><br />“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor. / The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all. / I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-1.htm">Isaiah 34:1-4</a></span><br />Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it. / The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter. / Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-1.htm">Jeremiah 6:1-8</a></span><br />“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction. / Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion. / Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion: ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-1.htm">Amos 9:1-4</a></span><br />I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape. / Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down. / Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-15.htm">Matthew 24:15-22</a></span><br />So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), / then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. / Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-12.htm">Revelation 6:12-17</a></span><br />And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red, / and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind. / The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-20.htm">Luke 21:20-24</a></span><br />But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. / Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city. / For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-1.htm">Revelation 18:1-8</a></span><br />After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory. / And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast. / All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-14.htm">Mark 13:14-20</a></span><br />So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. / Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house. / And let no one in the field return for his cloak. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,</p><p class="hdg">set</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/4-7.htm">Ezekiel 4:7</a></b></br> Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm <i>shall be</i> uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/13-17.htm">Ezekiel 13:17</a></b></br> Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/20-46.htm">Ezekiel 20:46</a></b></br> Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop <i>thy word</i> toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;</p><p class="hdg">the mountains</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/19-9.htm">Ezekiel 19:9</a></b></br> And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/33-28.htm">Ezekiel 33:28</a></b></br> For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/34-14.htm">Ezekiel 34:14</a></b></br> I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and <i>in</i> a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/4-7.htm">Face</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-4.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-19.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-7.htm">Prophesy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-7.htm">Prophet</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-7.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-7.htm">Turned</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/7-22.htm">Face</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-3.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-3.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-4.htm">Prophesy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-26.htm">Prophet</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-14.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-22.htm">Turned</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/6-1.htm">The judgment of Israel for their idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/6-8.htm">A remnant shall be blessed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/6-11.htm">The faithful are exhorted to lament their abominations and calamities</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It is a reminder of the distinction between God and man, highlighting Ezekiel's position as a mediator. The term "Son of Man" is also significant in the New Testament, where it is used by Jesus to refer to Himself, emphasizing His incarnation and role as the Messiah.<p><b>set your face against</b><br>This phrase indicates a deliberate and resolute opposition. It suggests a divine command for Ezekiel to confront the object of God's judgment with determination. The act of setting one's face is symbolic of unwavering commitment to deliver God's message, regardless of opposition or difficulty.<p><b>the mountains of Israel</b><br>The mountains symbolize the high places where idolatry was often practiced in ancient Israel. These locations were significant in the cultural and religious life of the Israelites, often associated with pagan worship and altars. The mountains also represent the entire land of Israel, indicating that the prophecy is directed towards the nation as a whole. This geographical reference underscores the widespread nature of the idolatry and the comprehensive scope of God's judgment.<p><b>and prophesy against them</b><br>Ezekiel is commanded to deliver a message of judgment. Prophecy in this context is not merely foretelling the future but is a declaration of God's will and purpose. The act of prophesying against the mountains signifies God's condemnation of the idolatrous practices taking place there. This command reflects the role of the prophet as God's mouthpiece, tasked with calling the people to repentance and warning them of impending judgment.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet and priest during the Babylonian exile, called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/mountains_of_israel.htm">Mountains of Israel</a></b><br>Symbolic of the high places where idolatry was practiced, representing the spiritual apostasy of the nation.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophecy.htm">Prophecy</a></b><br>A divine message delivered by a prophet, often concerning judgment or future events.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who were in a covenant relationship with Him but had turned to idolatry and disobedience.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The period when the Israelites were taken captive by Babylon, serving as a backdrop for Ezekiel's prophecies.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_idolatry.htm">The Seriousness of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but anything that takes the place of God in our lives. We must examine our hearts for modern-day idols.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment is a response to persistent disobedience and unfaithfulness. It serves as a call to repentance and a return to covenant faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_prophet.htm">The Role of the Prophet</a></b><br>Prophets are called to speak truth, even when it is difficult. We are also called to stand firm in truth and speak against sin in our own contexts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_judgment.htm">Hope Beyond Judgment</a></b><br>While judgment is pronounced, it is not the end. God's ultimate desire is for restoration and reconciliation with His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_reflection_and_repentance.htm">Personal Reflection and Repentance</a></b><br>Use this passage as a mirror to reflect on personal areas of disobedience and seek God's forgiveness and guidance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/ezekiel_6_2-3__literal_mountains'_fate.htm">In Ezekiel 6:2–3, how can an address to literal mountains make sense, and is there any historical or archaeological record of a catastrophe specifically targeting these mountains? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_ezekiel_15_edited_or_added_later.htm">Is there any evidence that Ezekiel 15 was edited or added later, indicating multiple sources or authors?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_the_concept_of_panendeism.htm">Who is referred to as 'son of man' in Ezekiel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/ezekiel_2_6__scorpions_linked_to_israel.htm">Ezekiel 2:6: Is there any archaeological or historical record linking scorpions or such imagery to the prophet's experience or Israelite culture?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">Toward the mountains of Israel.</span>--It is not uncommon to address prophetic utterances to inanimate objects as a poetic way of representing the people. (Comp. <a href="/ezekiel/36-1.htm" title="Also, you son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD:">Ezekiel 36:1</a>; <a href="/micah/6-2.htm" title="Hear you, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and you strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD has a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.">Micah 6:2</a>, &c.) The mountains are especially mentioned as being the chosen places of idolatrous worship. (See <a href="/deuteronomy/12-2.htm" title="You shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which you shall possess served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree:">Deuteronomy 12:2</a>; <a href="/context/2_kings/17-10.htm" title="And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:">2Kings 17:10-11</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm" title="For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bands; and you said, I will not transgress; when on every high hill and under every green tree you wander, playing the harlot.">Jeremiah 2:20</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm" title="The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? she is gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the harlot.">Jeremiah 3:6</a>; <a href="/hosea/4-13.htm" title="They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit prostitution, and your spouses shall commit adultery.">Hosea 4:13</a>.) Baal, the sun-god, was the idol especially worshipped upon the hills.<span class= "bld"> . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 2, 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Set thy face toward the mountains,</span> etc. The formula is eminently characteristic of Ezekiel. We have had it with a different verb in the Hebrew, in <a href="/ezekiel/4-3.htm">Ezekiel 4:3</a>. It will meet us again in <a href="/ezekiel/20-46.htm">Ezekiel 20:46</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/21-2.htm">Ezekiel 21:2</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/25-2.htm">Ezekiel 25:2</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/28-21.htm">Ezekiel 28:21</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/29-2.htm">Ezekiel 29:2</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/35-2.htm">Ezekiel 35:2</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/38-2.htm">Ezekiel 38:2</a>. In this case it probably implied an outward act, like that of Daniel, when he, with a very different purpose, looked towards Jerusalem (<a href="/daniel/6-10.htm">Daniel 6:10</a>). In contrast with the widespread plains of Mesopotamia in which Ezekiel found himself, this was the chief characteristic of the land which he had left. The mountains represent the whole country, including the rivers (Revised Version, here and throughout, renders the Hebrew "water courses," to distinguish it from the "river" (<span class="accented">nahar</span>) of <a href="/ezekiel/1-1.htm">Ezekiel 1:1, 3</a>, <span class="accented">et al.</span>, and the "river" (<span class="accented">nachal</span>) of <a href="/ezekiel/47-5.htm">Ezekiel 47:5</a>. Its strict meaning is that of a "ravine" or "gorge," the <span class="accented">wady</span> of modern Arabic, through which a stream rushes in the winter, but is dried up in the summer). All the localities are named as having been alike polluted by the worship of idols For <span class="accented">mountains and hills</span> as the scenes of such worship, see <a href="/deuteronomy/12-2.htm">Deuteronomy 12:2</a>; <a href="/2_kings/17-10.htm">2 Kings 17:10, 11</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6</a>; <a href="/hosea/4-13.htm">Hosea 4:13</a>; for the ravines and valleys, <a href="/2_kings/23-10.htm">2 Kings 23:10</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Jeremiah 7:31</a> (the Valley of Hinnom); and more generally, <a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Isaiah 57:5, 6</a>. The same combination meets us in ch. 35:8; 36:5, 6. In his address to the mountains, Ezekiel follows in the footsteps of <a href="/micah/6-2.htm">Micah 6:2</a>. <span class="cmt_word">I will destroy your high places.</span> The words point to the most persistent, though not the worst, of all the idolatries by which the worship of Jehovah as the God of Israel had been overshadowed. The words of Ezekiel are identical with those of Leo, 26:30. The Bamoth, or high places, of Baal, are mentioned in <a href="/numbers/22-41.htm">Numbers 22:41</a> and <a href="/joshua/13-17.htm">Joshua 13:17</a>, and are probably identical with the high places of Arnon in <a href="/numbers/21-28.htm">Numbers 21:28</a>. There they are named only incidentally, not in the way of prohibition or condemnation. So, in like manner, in <a href="/deuteronomy/32-13.htm">Deuteronomy 32:13</a> and Deuteronomy 33:29, if the technical sense exists at all, it is referred to only as included in the triumph of the worship of Jehovah over the hill fortresses as the sanctuaries of other gods. The absence of the word from the Book of Judges is difficult to explain, as it was precisely in that period of the history of Israel, irregular and unsettled, that we should have expected to find the people adopting the cultus of their neighbours. A probable solution of the problem is that, so long as the tabernacle and the ark were at Shiloh, that was so pre-eminently the centre of the worship of Jehovah, that the people were not tempted to forsake it, or to set up the worship upon the high places side by side with it. When, after the capture of <span class="cmt_word">the</span> ark, Shiloh was a deserted sanctuary, we meet for the first time with the worship of the high places, not as a thing forbidden, but as sanctioned by the presence of Samuel, as the judge and prophet of the people (<a href="/1_samuel/9-12.htm">1 Samuel 9:12-14</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/10-5.htm">1 Samuel 10:5</a>), the "high place" in the last passage being, apparently, the same as "the hill of God." In <a href="/2_samuel/1-19.htm">2 Samuel 1:19</a>, possibly from the Book of Jashar, we have the elder, less technical sense of <a href="/deuteronomy/32-12.htm">Deuteronomy 32:12</a> and Deuteronomy 33:19. It would seem, accordingly, as if Samuel had acted on a policy like that of the counsel which Gregory I gave Augustine. He found the worship of the high places adopted by the Israelites from the neighbouring nations. He sought to turn them to the worship of Jehovah. So the writer of <a href="/1_kings/3-2.htm">1 Kings 3:2</a> records the fact that "the people sacrificed in high places," because as yet, though the ark had been brought to Jerusalem, "there was no house built unto the Name of Jehovah until those days," and that Solomon himself also "sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places." At the chief of these, the great high place of Gibeon, Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings, and had the memorable vision in which he made choice of wisdom rather than length of days, or riches and honour, returning from it, as though the cultus of the two places stood nearly on an equal footing, to offer other burnt offerings before the ark of God at Jerusalem (<a href="/1_kings/3-3.htm">1 Kings 3:3-15</a>). With the erection of the temple the state of things was, in some measure, altered, and the temple was the one legitimate sanctuary. When the ten tribes revolted under Jeroboam, they were, of course, cut off from the temple services, and the king accordingly, besides the calves at Bethel and Dan, set up high places, with priests not of the sons of Aaron, in the cities of Samaria (<a href="/1_kings/12-31.htm">1 Kings 12:31</a>; <a href="/1_kings/13-32.htm">1 Kings 13:32</a>). From that time forward the high places are always mentioned by both historians and prophets in a tone of condemnation, whether they were in Israel or Judah (<a href="/1_kings/14-4.htm">1 Kings 14:4</a>), but they had become so deeply rooted in the reverence of the people that even the better kings of Judah, who warred against open idolatry, like Asa (<a href="/1_kings/15-14.htm">1 Kings 15:14</a>), Jehoshaphat (<a href="/1_kings/22-43.htm">1 Kings 22:43</a>), Jehoash (<a href="/2_kings/12-3.htm">2 Kings 12:3</a>), Amaziah (<a href="/2_kings/14-4.htm">2 Kings 14:4</a>), Azariah (<a href="/2_kings/15-4.htm">2 Kings 15:4</a>), left them undisturbed; while in the history of the northern kingdom the cultus of the Bamoth reigned paramount (<a href="/2_kings/17.htm">2 Kings 17</a>, <span class="accented">passim</span>). It was not till Hezekiah, presumably under Isaiah's influence, removed the "high places" (<a href="/2_kings/18-4.htm">2 Kings 18:4</a>) that we find any serious attempt to put them down. They had been tolerated, apparently, because, as in Rabshakeh's taunt (<a href="/2_kings/18-22.htm">2 Kings 18:22</a>), they were nominally connected with the worship of Jehovah. Under the confluent polytheism of Manasseh they naturally reappeared (<a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm">2 Kings 21:3</a>: <a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">2 Chronicles 33:3</a>). The reformation of Josiah was more thorough (<a href="/2_kings/23.htm">2 Kings 23</a>, <span class="accented">passim</span>; <a href="/2_chronicles/34-3.htm">2 Chronicles 34:3</a>), and was probably stimulated by Hilkiah and Huldah. The discovery of the book of the Law (probably Deuteronomy), with its condemnations of mountain sanctuaries, though, as we have seen, the Bamoth were not prohibited by name, roused the zeal of the prophets, especially of the priest prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel, and when the Bamoth-cultus revived, after the death of Josiah, the former was strong in his protests (<a href="/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Jeremiah 7:31</a>, <span class="accented">et al</span>.), all the more so because now, as in the earlier stages of their history, they had become high places of Baal (<a href="/jeremiah/19-5.htm">Jeremiah 19:5</a>; 32:55), and were associated with abominations like those of the worship of Moloch in the Valley of Hinnom. So it was that Ezekiel, writing on the banks of the Chebar, is now led to place them in the forefront of the sins of his people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/6-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“Son</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(ben-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of man,</span><br /><span class="heb">אָדָ֕ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruddy, a human being</span><br /><br /><span class="word">turn</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׂ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(śîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your face</span><br /><span class="heb">פָּנֶ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(pā·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">toward</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the mountains</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and prophesy</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִנָּבֵ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hin·nā·ḇê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5012.htm">Strong's 5012: </a> </span><span class="str2">To prophesy, speak, by inspiration</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against them.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·lê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/6-2.htm">Ezekiel 6:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/6-2.htm">Ezekiel 6:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/6-2.htm">Ezekiel 6:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/6-2.htm">Ezekiel 6:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/6-2.htm">Ezekiel 6:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/6-2.htm">Ezekiel 6:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/6-2.htm">Ezekiel 6:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/6-2.htm">Ezekiel 6:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/6-2.htm">Ezekiel 6:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/6-2.htm">Ezekiel 6:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/6-2.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 6:2 Son of man set your face toward (Ezek. 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