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Ezekiel 28:21
21‘Son of man, turn and look towards Sidon. Tell them my message to warn them.
Ezekiel 28:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
- New International Version (NIV)“Son of man, set your face against Sidon; prophesy against her
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her,
Context of Ezekiel 28:21
19All the people of other nations who knew you are very afraid. They have seen the terrible thing that has happened to you. You have come to a complete end and you will never return.” ’ 20The Lord gave this message to me: ‘Son of man, turn and look towards Sidon. Tell them my message to warn them. 22Say, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: Listen! I have become your enemy, Sidon. I will show your people how great I am. Then they will know that I am the Lord. I will punish your people for their sins so that they know that I am a holy God. 23I will cause disease to kill people in the city. Enemies will attack from all around the city, and people will die in the streets. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
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בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם שִׂ֥ים פָּנֶ֖יךָ אֶל־צִיד֑וֹן וְהִנָּבֵ֖א עָלֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Ezekiel 28:21
- Ezekiel 6:2‘Son of man, look towards the mountains of Israel. Tell them my message to warn them.
- Ezekiel 25:2‘Son of man, look towards the people in Ammon. You must tell them my message to warn them.
- Ezekiel 29:2‘Son of man, turn and look towards Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. You must speak my message to warn him and all Egypt's people.
- Ezekiel 23:12She, too, wanted Assyrian men to be her lovers. They were army officers and leaders. They were brave soldiers in beautiful clothes. Some of them rode on horses. They were all strong young men.
- Ezekiel 27:8Men from Sidon and Arvad used the oars to move the ship. Your own clever men from Tyre were your sailors.
- Ezekiel 32:30All the rulers of the north are there, as well as all the people of Sidon. They used their power to make people very afraid. But now they are ashamed, like other people who have gone down into the deep hole of death. They lie in their graves with those who have died in battle, and they do not belong to God.
- Genesis 10:15Canaan was the father of Sidon, who was born first. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites,
- Isaiah 23:2Weep quietly, you people who live on the coast of the sea. Yes, weep, you traders of Sidon city. Your sailors travelled across the sea and you became rich.
- Jeremiah 25:22all the kings of Tyre and all the kings of Sidon; the kings of the nations around the Mediterranean Sea;
- Jeremiah 27:3Then send a message to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre and Sidon. Those kings have officers who have come to see King Zedekiah of Judah here in Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 47:4The time has come when the Lord will destroy all the Philistines. None of them will remain to give help to Tyre and Sidon. The Lord is ready to destroy the Philistines who remain. Those are the people who came from the island of Crete.
- Joel 3:4You people in Tyre, Sidon, and of all the land of the people called Philistines, listen. You cannot say that I have done anything wrong. You want to punish me. If you do this, I will soon do the same to you.
- Zechariah 9:2The Lord speaks against the country called Hamath. (It is next to the country called Hadrach.) The people in Tyre and Sidon cities are very wise. But the Lord also speaks against them.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 28:21
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Prophecy against Zidon. Zidon (mod. Saida) was more ancient than Tyre and was the original metropolis of Phoenicia Genesis 10:19, but in the times of Phoenician greatness it ever played a subordinate part. Only once Judges 10:12 do we find the “Zidonians” in conflict with Israel. The evil which they did was the seducing them to idolatry (compare Ezekiel 28:24), as in the case of Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians 1 Kings 16:31. The…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-26Verses 20-26 . The Zidonians were borderers upon the land of Israel, and they might have learned to glorify the Lord; but, instead of that, they seduced Israel to the worship of their idols. War and pestilence are God's messengers; but he will be glorified in the restoring his people to their former safety and prosperity. God will cure them of their sins, and ease them of their troubles. This promise will at length fully come to pass in the heavenly…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-24No specific charges are made against Sidon, Tyre’s close neighbor to the north. However, it likely committed similar offenses. Its joy over Judah’s destruction would not last.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. Zidon--famous for its fishery (from a root, Zud, "to fish"); and afterwards for its wide extended commerce; its artistic elegance was proverbial. Founded by Canaan's first-born (Ge 10:15). Tyre was an offshoot from it, so that it was involved in the same overthrow by the Chaldeans as Tyre. It is mentioned separately, because its idolatry (Ashtaroth, Tammuz, or Adonis) infected Israel more than that of Tyre did (Eze 8:14; Jud 10:6; 1Ki 11:33). The…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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