Ezekiel 28:21

Easy-to-Read Version

"Son of man, look toward Sidon and speak for me against that place.

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

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

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

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 the Lord came to me. He said, ²¹ "Son of man, look toward Sidon and speak for me against that place. ²² Say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: "‘I am against you, Sidon! Your people will learn to respect me. I will punish Sidon. Then people will know that I am the Lord . Then they will learn that I am holy, and they will treat me that way. ²³ I will send disease and death to Sidon, and many people inside the city will die. Soldiers outside the city will kill many people. Then people will know that I am the Lord ! ²⁴ "‘Then the surrounding nations that hate Israel will no longer be like stinging nettles and painful thorns. And they will know that I am the Lord God .'" ²⁵ This is what the Lord God said: "I scattered the people of Israel among other nations, but I will gather the family of Israel together again. Then the nations will know that I am holy, and they will treat me that way. At that time the people of Israel will live in their land—I gave that land to my servant Jacob. ²⁶ They will live safely in the land. They will build houses and plant vineyards. I will punish the nations around them that hated them. Then the people of Israel will live in safety, and they will know that I am the Lord 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
The Lord is my strength. He saves me, and I sing songs of praise to him. He is my God, and I praise him. He is the God of my ancestors, and I honor him.

Deuteronomy 26:17
Today you have said that the Lord is your God. You have promised to live the way he wants. You promised to follow his teachings and to obey his laws and commands. You said you would do everything he tells you to do.

Judges 11:31
I will give you the first thing that comes out of my house when I come back from the victory. I will give it to the Lord as a burnt offering."

2 Samuel 15:8
I made that promise while I was still living in Geshur in Aram. I said, ‘If the Lord brings me back to Jerusalem, I will serve the Lord in a special way.'"

2 Samuel 19:24
Saul's grandson, Mephibosheth, came down to meet King David. Mephibosheth had not cared for his feet, trimmed his mustache, or washed his clothes since the day the king left Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 19:30
Mephibosheth said to the king, "My lord and king, it is enough that you have come home in peace. Let Ziba have the land."

2 Kings 5:17
Then Naaman said, "If you will not accept this gift, at least do this for me. Let me have enough dirt from Israel to fill the baskets on two of my mules. I ask this because I will never again offer any burnt offering or sacrifice to any other gods. I will offer sacrifices only to the Lord !

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.