⁴⁶ Son of man, set thy face the way of Teman, and prophesy unto the south, and prophesy unto the forest of the field -- the south;

¹⁶ And now, hear a word of Jehovah: thou art saying, Do not prophesy against Israel, nor drop `any thing' against the house of Isaac,

² `Son of man, set thy face unto Jerusalem, and prophesy unto the holy places, and prophesy unto the ground of Israel;

¹⁹ The cities of the south have been shut up, And there is none opening, Judah hath been removed -- all of her, She hath been removed completely --

¹ Open, O Lebanon, thy doors, And fire doth devour among thy cedars.

² Howl, O fir, for fallen hath the cedar, For their honourable ones were destroyed, Howl, ye oaks of Bashan, For come down hath the fenced forest,

⁶ Ye do not prophesy -- they do prophesy, They do not prophesy to these, It doth not remove shame.

² `Son of man, set thy face unto mountains of Israel, and prophesy concerning them:

⁷ `And unto the siege of Jerusalem thou dost prepare thy face, and thine arm `is' uncovered, and thou hast prophesied concerning it.

⁷ And I have separated for thee destroyers, Each with his weapons, And they have cut down the choice of thy cedars, And have cast them on the fire.

⁶ The burden of the beasts of the south. Into a land of adversity and distress, Of young lion and of old lion, Whence `are' viper and flying saraph, They carry on the shoulder of asses their wealth, And on the hump of camels their treasures, Unto a people not profitable.

²² After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,

² Drop as rain doth My doctrine; Flow as dew doth My sayings; As storms on the tender grass, And as showers on the herb,