1 AND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of
mana, set thy
aface toward the bmountains of
Israelb,
and prophesy against them,
3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
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2a Son of man Here 'son of
man' references the simple fact that Ezekiel was descendant from Adam, Adam
meaning 'man'. In such use it would place Ezekiel in his proper position
before the Lord as but mortal man. However it may have also inferred an
additional meaning relative to a prophet of God, in that one day Jesus the
Christ would reference himself as the 'Son of Man'. In the Savior's case it
both referenced his mortal human descent from Adam being a 'son of man/Adam'
in that sense, but it also formally referenced that set of facts that Jesus
was the Only Begotten Son in the flesh of God the Father in Heaven, he being
the 'Son of God' even that very 'Son of that Man of Holiness'; which was
one of the titles of God the Father of Spirits.
2b set thy face toward the mountains of
Israel The mountain range of Israel ran down the length of the
Jordan river on its west from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea. Thus
Ezekiel would face the west and more particularly in his time and day he would
be facing toward Jerusalem, he being in Babylon captive at that comeing time
of the destruction of Jerusalem about 589 BC.
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