Ezekiel 13:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And thou, son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, that prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַתָּ֣ה בֶן־אָדָ֗ם שִׂ֤ים פָּנֶ֙יךָ֙ אֶל־בְּנ֣וֹת עַמְּךָ֔ הַמִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וֹת מִֽלִבְּהֶ֑ן וְהִנָּבֵ֖א עֲלֵיהֶֽן׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾattāh ben-ʾādām śîm pāneḵā ʾel-bənôt ʿamməḵā ha-mmitənabbəʾôt mi-llibbəhen wə-hinnāḇēʾ ʿălêhen

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾattāh*: conjunction + 2nd masculine singular independent pronoun - and you
*ben*: construct masculine singular - son of
*ʾādām*: masculine singular noun - man/humanity
*śîm*: Qal imperative masculine singular - set
*pāneḵā*: masculine plural noun + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your face
*ʾel*: preposition - against
*bənôt*: feminine plural construct - daughters of
*ʿamməḵā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your people
*ha-mmitənabbəʾôt*: article + Hithpael participle feminine plural - who prophesy
*mi-llibbəhen*: preposition + masculine singular noun + 3rd feminine plural suffix - from their heart
*wə-hinnāḇēʾ*: conjunction + Niphal imperative masculine singular - and prophesy
*ʿălêhen*: preposition + 3rd feminine plural suffix - against them

Word Meanings

*śîm* *pāneḵā*: set your face/turn toward/confront
*mi-llibbəhen*: from their heart/mind/inner self/own imagination

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 13:2 : 2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own heart, Hear ye the word of Jehovah:
Judg 4:4 : 4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
2 Kgs 22:14 : 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they communed with her.
Rev 2:20 : 20 But I have [this] against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel, who calleth herself a prophetess; and she teacheth and seduceth my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
Luke 2:36 : 36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,
2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
Ezek 20:46 : 46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop [thy word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;
Ezek 21:2 : 2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop [thy word] toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;
Isa 3:16-26 : 16 Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet; 17 therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts. 18 In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, and the cauls, and the crescents; 19 the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers; 20 the headtires, and the ankle chains, and the sashes, and the perfume-boxes, and the amulets; 21 the rings, and the nose - jewels; 22 the festival robes, and the mantles, and the shawls, and the satchels; 23 the hand-mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils. 24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty. 25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.
Isa 4:4 : 4 when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.
Ezek 4:3 : 3 And take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

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Ezek 13:1-3
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1And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
2Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own heart, Hear ye the word of Jehovah:
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18and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the women that sew pillows upon all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of [persons of] every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?
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Ezek 13:16
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16[ to wit], the prophets of Israel that prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and that see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord Jehovah.
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4Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
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1And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
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2Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy unto them,
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Ezek 33:30
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17Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
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Ezek 22:28
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Ezek 25:2
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