Ezekiel 13:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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,

📖 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

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 hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;
• Judg 4:4 : 4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
• 2 Kgs 22:14 : 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, 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 college;) and they communed with her.
• Rev 2:20 : 20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
• Luke 2:36 : 36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
• 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring 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 south field;
• Ezek 21:2 : 2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
• Isa 3:16-26 : 16 Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth 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 the LORD will discover their secret parts. 18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, 19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, 20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings, 21 The rings, and nose jewels, 22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, 23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. 24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning 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 being desolate shall 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 judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
• Ezek 4:3 : 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.