The Meaning of Ezekiel 6:2 Explained

Ezekiel 6:2

KJV: Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

YLT: 'Son of man, set thy face unto mountains of Israel, and prophesy concerning them:

Darby: Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

ASV: Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy unto them,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Son  of man,  set  thy face  toward the mountains  of Israel,  and prophesy  against them, 

What does Ezekiel 6:2 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 6

1  The judgment of Israel for their idolatry
8  A remnant shall be blessed
11  The faithful are exhorted to lament their abominations and calamities

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 6:2 mean?

Son of man set your face toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them
בֶּן־ אָדָ֕ם שִׂ֥ים פָּנֶ֖יךָ אֶל־ הָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְהִנָּבֵ֖א אֲלֵיהֶֽם

בֶּן־  Son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אָדָ֕ם  of  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
שִׂ֥ים  set 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
פָּנֶ֖יךָ  your  face 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
אֶל־  toward 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
הָרֵ֣י  the  mountains 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
וְהִנָּבֵ֖א  and  prophesy 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: נָבָא  
Sense: to prophesy.
אֲלֵיהֶֽם  against  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).