Ezekiel 28:21

Complete Jewish Bible

"Human being, turn your face toward Tzidon, and prophesy against it.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Son of man, face Sidon and prophesy against it.

Hebrew Names Version
Son of man, set your face toward Tzidon, and prophesy against it,

King James Version
Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,

English Standard Version
"Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her

New American Standard Bible
"Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, prophesy against her

New Century Version
"Human, look toward the city of Sidon and prophesy against her.

Amplified Bible
"Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her

World English Bible
Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Sonne of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesie against it,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, prophesy against her

Legacy Standard Bible
"Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, prophesy against her

Berean Standard Bible
"Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her.

Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the city of Sidon

Darby Translation
Son of man, set thy face towards Zidon, and prophesy against it,

Easy-to-Read Version
"Son of man, look toward Sidon and speak for me against that place.

George Lamsa Translation
Son of man, set your face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,

Good News Translation
"Mortal man, denounce the city of Sidon.

Lexham English Bible
"Son of man, set your face toward Sidon and prophesy against it,

Literal Translation
Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou sonne of man, set thy face agaynst Sido, Prophecie vpo it,

American Standard Version
Son of man, set thy face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,

Bible in Basic English
Son of man, let your face be turned to Zidon, and be a prophet against it, and say,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Son of man, set thy face toward Zidon, and prophesy against it,

King James Version (1611)
Sonne of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophecie against it,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou sonne of man, set thy face against Sidon, and prophecie vpon it,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Son of man, set thy face against Sidon, and prophesy against it,

English Revised Version
Son of man, set thy face toward Zidon, and prophesy against it,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he seide, Thou, sone of man, sette thi face ayens Sidon, and thou schalt profesie of it;

Update Bible Version
Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,

Webster's Bible Translation
Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,

New English Translation
"Son of man, turn toward Sidon and prophesy against it.

New King James Version
"Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her,

New Living Translation
"Son of man, turn and face the city of Sidon and prophesy against it.

New Life Bible
"Son of man, look toward Sidon and speak against her.

New Revised Standard
Mortal, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Son of man, Set thy face towards Zidon, - And prophesy over it;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Son of man, set thy face against Sidon: and thou shalt prophesy of it,

Revised Standard Version
"Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her

Young's Literal Translation
`Son of man, set thy face unto Zidon, and prophesy concerning it;

Contextual Overview

²⁰ The word of Adonai came to me: ²¹ "Human being, turn your face toward Tzidon, and prophesy against it. ²² Say that Adonai Elohim says: ‘I am against you, Tzidon; but I will be glorified in you. They will know that I am Adonai , once I execute judgments in her and show my holiness in her. ²³ For I will send plagues into her, and blood will flow in her streets; attacked from all sides by the sword, the wounded will fall within her. Then they will know that I am Adonai . ²⁴ "‘The house of Isra'el will no longer have a briar pricking away at them, no longer will any of its contemptuous neighbors be a thorn to stab them. Then they will know that I am Adonai Elohim .' ²⁵ "Adonai Elohim says, ‘Once I have gathered the house of Isra'el from the peoples among whom they are scattered, once I have shown my holiness in them as the Goyim watch, then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Ya‘akov. ²⁶ They will have security when they live there, building houses and planting vineyards; yes, they will live in safety, once I have executed judgments against all their contemptuous neighbors. Then they will know that I am Adonai their God.'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

set: Ezekiel 6:2, Ezekiel 25:2, Ezekiel 29:2

Zidon: Tyre was a colony of the Zidonians - See note on Isaiah 23:12, and consequently Zidon was a more ancient, though a less considerable city than Tyre; and it is probable that it was taken by the Chaldeans soon after the destruction of the latter. It was afterwards burnt to the ground by the inhabitants, to prevent it falling in the hands of Ochus. Ezekiel 27:8, Ezekiel 32:30, Genesis 10:15, Sidon, Isaiah 23:2-4, Isaiah 23:12, Jeremiah 25:22, Jeremiah 27:3, Jeremiah 47:4, Joel 3:4-8, Zechariah 9:2

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 21:2 - set Mark 7:24 - Tyre

Cross-References

Exodus 15:2
Yah is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God: I will glorify him; my father's God: I will exalt him.

Deuteronomy 26:17
You are agreeing today that Adonai is your God and that you will follow his ways; observe his laws, mitzvot and rulings; and do what he says.

Judges 11:31
then whatever comes out the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the people of ‘Amon will belong to Adonai ; I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering."

2 Samuel 15:8
Your servant made a vow while I was staying at G'shur in Aram to the effect that if Adonai would bring me back to Yerushalayim, then I would serve Adonai ."

2 Samuel 19:24
Then the king said to Shim‘i, "You will not be put to death," and the king swore it to him.

2 Samuel 19:30
The king said to him, "Why speak any more about these matters of yours? I say: you and Tziva, divide the land."

2 Kings 5:17
So Na‘aman said, "If you won't take it, then please let your servant be given as much earth as two mules can carry; because from now on, your servant will offer neither burnt offerings nor sacrifices to other gods, but only to Adonai .

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Son of man, set thy face against Zidon,.... An ancient city, near to Tyre, and in confederacy with it, greatly given to idolatry and superstition; and may design all the antichristian states in the communion of the church of Rome:

and prophesy against it; the prophet is bid to look towards this place with a stern countenance, as before against Tyre; threatening it with ruin, and prophesying of it, in the following manner.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Prophecy 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 capture of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar increased the importance of Zidon, which was a wealthy and flourishing town when Artaxerxes Ochus destroyed it. It has rallied from time to time, but has never attained to any great consequence, though not in such complete ruin as Tyre.