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 21:2

21:2 “Son of man, turn toward ⁶  Jerusalem ⁷  and speak out against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

Ezekiel 25:2

25:2 “Son of man, turn toward ⁸  the Ammonites ⁹  and prophesy against them.

Isaiah 50:7

50:7 But the sovereign Lord helps me,

so I am not humiliated.

For that reason I am steadfastly resolved; ¹⁰ 

I know I will not be put to shame.

Ephesians 6:19

6:19 Pray ¹¹  for me also, that I may be given the message when I begin to speak ¹²  – that I may confidently make known ¹³  the mystery of the gospel,

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 “set your face toward.”

⁷ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁸ tn Heb “set your face toward.”

⁹ tn Heb “the sons of Ammon.” Ammon was located to the east of Israel.

¹⁰ tn Heb “Therefore I set my face like flint.”

¹¹ tn To avoid a lengthy, convoluted sentence in English, the Greek sentence was broken up at this point and the verb “pray” was inserted in the English translation to pick up the participle προσευχόμενοι (proseuxomenoi, “praying”) in v. 18.

¹² tn Grk “that a word may be given to me in the opening of my mouth.” Here “word” (λόγος, logo") is used in the sense of “message.”

¹³ tn The infinitive γνωρίσαι (gnwrisai, “to make known”) is functioning epexegetically to further explain what the author means by the preceding phrase “that I may be given the message when I begin to speak.”