2Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities? …
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border: …
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
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;
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Here, I. The prophet is ordered to address himself to the Ammonites, in the name of the Lord Jehovah the God of Israel , who is also the God of the whole earth. But what can Chemosh, the god of the children of Ammon, say, in answer to it? He is bidden to set his face against the Ammonites , for he is God’s representative as a prophet, and thus he must signify that God set his face against them , f…
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