Ezekiel 4:7

4:7 You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it.

Ezekiel 6:2

6:2 “Son of man, turn toward ¹  the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them:

Ezekiel 20:46

20:46 “Son of man, turn toward ²  the south, ³  and speak out against the south. ⁴  Prophesy against the open scrub ⁵  land of the Negev,

Ezekiel 36:1

Blessings on the Mountains of Israel

36:1 “As for you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord!

Jeremiah 26:11-12

26:11 Then the priests and the prophets made their charges before the officials and all the people. They said, ⁶  “This man should be condemned to die ⁷  because he prophesied against this city. You have heard him do so ⁸  with your own ears.”

26:12 Then Jeremiah made his defense before all the officials and all the people. ⁹  “The Lord sent me to prophesy everything you have heard me say against this temple and against this city.

Acts 6:13-14

6:13 They brought forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop saying things against this holy place ¹⁰  and the law. ¹¹  6:14 For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs ¹²  that Moses handed down to us.”

¹ tn Heb “set your face against.” The expression occurs at the beginning of Ezekiel’s prophetic oracles in Ezek 13:17; 20:46; 21:2; 25:2; 28:21; 29:2; 35:2; 38:2.

² tn Heb “set your face toward.” This expression occurs as well in Ezek 6:2; 13:17.

³ tn Or “the way toward the south,” or “the way toward Teman.” Teman is in the south and may be a location or the direction.

⁴ tn Or “toward Darom.” Darom may mean the south or a region just north of southern city of Beer Sheba. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:417-18.

⁵ tn The Hebrew term can also mean “forest,” but a meaning of uncultivated wasteland fits the Negev region far better. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:418.

⁶ tn Heb “the priests and prophets said to the leaders and the people….” The long sentence has been broken up to conform better with contemporary English style and the situational context is reflected in “laid their charges.”

⁷ tn Heb “a sentence of death to this man.”

⁸ tn Heb “it.”

⁹ tn Heb “Jeremiah said to all the leaders and all the people….” See the note on the word “said” in the preceding verse.

¹⁰ sn This holy place is a reference to the temple.

¹¹ sn The law refers to the law of Moses. It elaborates the nature of the blasphemy in v. 11. To speak against God’s law in Torah was to blaspheme God (Deut 28:15-19). On the Jewish view of false witnesses, see Exod 19:16-18; 20:16; m. Sanhedrin 3.6; 5.1-5. Stephen’s speech in Acts 7 may indicate why the temple was mentioned.

¹² tn Or “practices.”