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A Prophecy to the South
Commentators explain that Ezekiel, located in Babylon (the north), is commanded to prophesy against the "south," which refers to the land of Judea and Jerusalem. One scholar notes that the original Hebrew uses three distinct words for "south," emphasizing the comprehensive and inescapable nature of the coming judgment against the entire region.
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Albert Barnes
On Ezekiel 20:45–49
18th Century
Theologian
This paragraph is, in the Hebrew text, Septuagint, and Vulgate, the beginning of Ezekiel 21:0, to which it belongs, as it contains a prophecy deliv…
John Gill
On Ezekiel 20:46
17th Century
Pastor
Son of man, set your force toward the south
The land of Judea, which lay south of Babylon, where the prophet now was…
Matthew Henry
On Ezekiel 20:45–49
17th Century
Minister
Judah and Jerusalem had been full of people, like a forest of trees, but empty of fruit. God's word prophesies against those who do not produce the…