527 B
527 B
set your face against the daughters
"stare angrily at the daughters". This is a command to stare at the women as a symbol of punishing them. Translate "set your face against" as you did in Ezekiel 4:3.
set your face against
"stare at"
daughters of your people
"women of Israel" or "your countrywomen"
prophesy out of their own minds
"prophesying only the things that they think in their own minds." See Ezekiel 13:2.
prophesy against
"prophesy about the bad things that will happen to them." See Ezekiel 4:7.