Ezekiel 4:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And let your face be turned to where Jerusalem is shut in, with your arm uncovered, and be a prophet against it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 52:10 : 10 The Lord has let his holy arm be seen by the eyes of all nations; and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
  • Ezek 4:3 : 3 And take a flat iron plate, and put it for a wall of iron between you and the town: and let your face be turned to it, and it will be shut in and you will make an attack on it. This will be a sign to the children of Israel.
  • Ezek 6:2 : 2 Son of man, let your face be turned to the mountains of Israel, and be a prophet to them, and say,
  • Ezek 21:2 : 2 Son of man, let your face be turned to Jerusalem, let your words be dropped in the direction of her holy place, and be a prophet against the land of Israel;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 8 And see, I will put bands on you; and you will be stretched out without turning from one side to the other till the days of your attack are ended.

  • Ezek 4:1-6
    6 verses
    82%

    1 And you, son of man, take a back and put it before you and on it make a picture of a town, even Jerusalem.

    2 And make an attack on it, shutting it in, building strong places against it, and making high an earthwork against it; and put up tents against it, placing engines all round it for smashing down its walls.

    3 And take a flat iron plate, and put it for a wall of iron between you and the town: and let your face be turned to it, and it will be shut in and you will make an attack on it. This will be a sign to the children of Israel.

    4 Then, stretching yourself out on your left side, take the sin of the children of Israel on yourself: for as long as you are stretched out, so long will the sin of the children of Israel be on you.

    5 For I have had the years of their sin measured for you by a number of days, even three hundred and ninety days: and you will take on yourself the sin of the children of Israel.

    6 And when these days are ended, turning on your right side, you are to take on yourself the sin of the children of Judah: forty days, a day for a year, I have had it fixed for you.

  • Ezek 21:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

    2 Son of man, let your face be turned to Jerusalem, let your words be dropped in the direction of her holy place, and be a prophet against the land of Israel;

  • 4 For this cause be a prophet against them, be a prophet, O son of man.

  • 2 Son of man, let your face be turned to the mountains of Israel, and be a prophet to them, and say,

  • 75%

    16 Even the prophets of Israel who say words to Jerusalem, who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace, says the Lord.

    17 And you, son of man, let your face be turned against the daughters of your people, who are acting the part of prophets at their pleasure; be a prophet against them, and say,

  • Ezek 12:3-6
    4 verses
    75%

    3 And you, O son of man, by day, before their eyes, get ready the vessels of one who is taken away, and go away from your place to another place before their eyes: it may be that they will see, though they are an uncontrolled people.

    4 By day, before their eyes, take out your vessels like those of one who is taken away: and go out in the evening before their eyes, like those who are taken away as prisoners.

    5 Make a hole in the wall, before their eyes, and go out through it.

    6 And before their eyes, take your goods on your back and go out in the dark; go with your face covered: for I have made you a sign to the children of Israel.

  • Jer 1:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17 So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them.

    18 For see, this day have I made you a walled town, and an iron pillar, and walls of brass, against all the land, against the kings of Judah, against its captains, against its priests, and against the people of the land.

  • 2 Son of man, let your face be turned to Mount Seir, and be a prophet against it,

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    20 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

    21 Son of man, let your face be turned to Zidon, and be a prophet against it, and say,

  • 11 So this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, my face will be turned against you for evil, for the cutting off of all Judah;

  • 4 The Lord said to him, Go through the town, through the middle of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the brows of the men who are sorrowing and crying for all the disgusting things which are done in it.

  • 2 You are to have a third part burned with fire inside the town, when the days of the attack are ended; and a third part you are to take and give blows with the sword round about it; and give a third part for the wind to take away, and let loose a sword after them.

  • Amos 7:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16 Now then, give ear to the word of the Lord: You say, Be no prophet to Israel, and say not a word against the people of Isaac.

    17 So this is what the Lord has said: Your wife will be a loose woman in the town, and your sons and your daughters will be put to the sword, and your land will be cut up into parts by a line; and you yourself will come to your end in an unclean land, and Israel will certainly be taken away a prisoner out of his land.

  • 4 The Lord God of Israel has said, See, I am turning back the instruments of war in your hands, with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and the Chaldaeans, who are outside the walls and shutting you in; and I will get them together inside this town.

  • 3 And I will make war on you like David, and you will be shut in by earthworks, and I will make towers round you.

  • 5 See, I am against you, says the Lord of armies, and I will have your skirts pulled over your face, and let the nations see you unclothed, and the kingdoms your shame.

  • 16 Be pointed to the right, to the left, wherever your edge is ordered.

  • 2 Son of man, let your face be turned against Gog, of the land of Magog, the ruler of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and be a prophet against him,

  • 8 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • 16 Make this come to the minds of the nations, make a statement openly against Jerusalem, that attackers are coming from a far country and their voices will be loud against the towns of Judah.

  • 7 So you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel; and you are to give ear to the word of my mouth and give them news from me of their danger.

  • 8 See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.

  • 2 Son of man, let your face be turned against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and be a prophet against him and against all Egypt:

  • 2 Son of man, let your face be turned to the children of Ammon, and be a prophet against them:

  • 26 So I will have your skirts uncovered before your face, in order that your shame may be seen.

  • 7 Be ready, make yourself ready, you and all the forces who are with you, and be ready for my orders.

  • 11 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • 4 Take the band which you got for a price, which is round your body, and go to Parah and put it in a secret place there in a hole of the rock.

  • 4 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said about the houses of this town and the houses of the kings of Judah, which have been broken down to make earthworks and ...;

  • 10 For my face is turned to this town for evil and not for good, says the Lord: it will be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will have it burned with fire.

  • 20 Put a pillar at the top of the road for the sword to come to Rabbah in the land of the children of Ammon, and to Judah and to Jerusalem in the middle of her.

  • 14 Will your heart be high or your hands strong in the days when I take you in hand? I the Lord have said it and will do it.

  • 17 And my face will be turned from you, and you will be broken before those who are against you, and your haters will become your rulers, and you will go in flight when no man comes after you.

  • 6 Make sounds of grief, son of man; with body bent and a bitter heart make sounds of grief before their eyes.

  • 4 And the man said to me, Son of man, see with your eyes and give hearing with your ears, and take to heart everything I am going to let you see; for in order that I might let you see them, you have come here: and give an account of all you see to the children of Israel.

  • 8 He will put to the sword your daughters in the open country: he will make strong walls against you and put up an earthwork against you, arming himself for war against you.