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Ezekiel 28:21

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Sidon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Sidonians, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sidon;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Phoenicia;   Tyre;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Zidon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Uzziah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Wisdom;   Zidon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel, Book of;   Zidon, Sidon ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Zidon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Zi'don,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Isaiah;  

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
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,
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

20And the word of Yahweh came to me saying, 21"Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, prophesy against her 22and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,"Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,And I will be glorified in your midst.Then they will know that I am Yahweh when I execute judgments in her,And I will manifest My holiness in her. 23For I will send pestilence to herAnd blood to her streets,And the wounded will fall in her midstBy the sword upon her on every side;Then they will know that I am Yahweh. 24And there will be no more for the house of Israel a prickling brier or a painful thorn from any round about them who scorned them; then they will know that I am Lord Yahweh." 25‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, "When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples, among whom they are scattered, and will manifest My holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they will live in their land which I gave to My servant Jacob. 26They will live in it securely; and they will build houses, plant vineyards, and live securely when I execute judgments upon all who scorn them all around them. Then they will know that I am Yahweh 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 song,And He has become my salvation;This is my God, and I will praise Him;My father's God, and I will extol Him.
Deuteronomy 26:17
You have today declared Yahweh to be your God, and that you would walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and listen to His voice.
Judges 11:31
dan sal wat uitkom, wat uit die deure van my huis uitkom my tegemoet, as ek in vrede terugkom van die kinders van Ammon, aan die HERE behoort, en ek sal dit as 'n brandoffer bring.
2 Samuel 15:8
For your servant vowed a vow while I was living at Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If Yahweh shall indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.'"
2 Samuel 19:24
Now Mephibosheth the son of Saul had come down to meet the king; and he had not done anything for his feet, nor done anything for his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.
2 Samuel 19:30
And Mephibosheth said to the king, "Let him even take it all, since my lord the king has come in peace to his own house."
2 Kings 5:17
So Naaman said, "If not, please let your servant at least be given two mules' load of earth; for your servant will no longer offer burnt offering nor will he sacrifice to other gods, but to Yahweh.

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.


 
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