New King James Version
Ezekiel 28:21
21“Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her,
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 Living Translation (NLT)“Son of man, turn and face the city of Sidon and prophesy against it.
Context of Ezekiel 28:21
19All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you; You have become a horror, And shall be no more forever.” ’ ” 20Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her, 22and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against you, O Sidon; I will be glorified in your midst; And they shall know that I am the Lord, When I execute judgments in her and am hallowed in her. 23For I will send pestilence upon her, And blood in her streets; The wounded shall be judged in her midst By the sword against her on every side; Then they shall 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, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
- Ezekiel 25:2“Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them.
- Ezekiel 29:2“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt.
- Ezekiel 23:12“She lusted for the neighboring Assyrians, Captains and rulers, Clothed most gorgeously, Horsemen riding on horses, All of them desirable young men.
- Ezekiel 27:8“Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you; They became your pilots.
- Ezekiel 32:30There are the princes of the north, All of them, and all the Sidonians, Who have gone down with the slain In shame at the terror which they caused by their might; They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword, And bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.
- Genesis 10:15Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth;
- Isaiah 23:2Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon, Whom those who cross the sea have filled.
- Jeremiah 25:22all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are across the sea;
- Jeremiah 27:3and send them to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
- Jeremiah 47:4Because of the day that comes to plunder all the Philistines, To cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains; For the Lord shall plunder the Philistines, The remnant of the country of Caphtor.
- Joel 3:4“Indeed, what have you to do with Me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? Will you retaliate against Me? But if you retaliate against Me, Swiftly and speedily I will return your retaliation upon your own head;
- Zechariah 9:2Also against Hamath, which borders on it, And against Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
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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