The Meaning of Ezekiel 25:2 Explained

Ezekiel 25:2

KJV: Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;

YLT: 'Son of man, set thy face unto the sons of Ammon, and prophesy against them;

Darby: Son of man, set thy face against the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them;

ASV: Son of man, set thy face toward the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Son  of man,  set  thy face  against the Ammonites,  and prophesy  against them; 

What does Ezekiel 25:2 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 25

1  God's vengeance, for their insolence against the Jews, upon the Ammonites
8  upon Moab and Seir
12  upon Edom
15  and upon the Philistines

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 25:2 mean?

Son of man set your face against the sons the Ammonites and prophesy against them
בֶּן־ אָדָ֕ם שִׂ֥ים פָּנֶ֖יךָ אֶל־ בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן וְהִנָּבֵ֖א עֲלֵיהֶֽם

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־  against 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
בְּנֵ֣י  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עַמּ֑וֹן  the  Ammonites 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַמֹּון  
Sense: a people dwelling in Transjordan descended from Lot through Ben-ammi.
וְהִנָּבֵ֖א  and  prophesy 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: נָבָא  
Sense: to prophesy.
עֲלֵיהֶֽם  against  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.