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Myles Coverdale Bible

Ezekiel 28:21

Thou sonne of man, set thy face agaynst Sido, Prophecie vpo it,

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
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,
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,
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 And the worde off the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge: 21 Thou sonne of man, set thy face agaynst Sido, Prophecie vpo it, 22 and speake. Thus saieth the LORDE God: Beholde o Sidon, I wil vpo the, & get me honoure in the: that it maye be knowne, how that I am ye LORDE, when I punysh her, & get me honoure in her. 23 For I will sende pestilence & bloudsheddinge in to hir stretes, so yt those which be slayne with the swerde, shal lye rounde aboute in the myddest of her: & they shal knowe, that I am the LORDE. 24 She shal no more be a prickinge thorne, & an hurtinge brere vnto the house of Israel, ner vnto the that lye rounde aboute her and hate her: and they shal knowe, that I am the LORDE. 25 Thus saieth the LORDE God: when I gather the housholde of Israel together agayne, from the nacions amonge whom they be scatred: then shal I be sanctified in the, in ye sight of the Getiles: & they shal dwell in the lode, yt I gaue to my seruaunt Iacob. 26 They shal dwell safely therin, buylde houses, and plante vynyardes: Yee safely shal they dwell therin, when I haue punyshed all those, that despyse them rounde aboute: and then shall they knowe, yt I am the LORDE 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 LORDE is my strength, and my songe, and is become my saluacion. This is my God, I wil magnifie him: He is my fathers God, I wil exalte him.
Deuteronomy 26:17
The same daye maydest thou a promysse vnto the LORDE, that he shulde be thy God, and yt thou woldest walke in all his wayes, and kepe his ordynaunces, his commaundementes, and his lawes, and to herken vnto his voyce.
Judges 11:31
what so euer commeth (first) out at the dore of my house in my waye, whan I returne agayne peaceably from the childre of Ammon, that same shalbe the LORDES, and I wyl offre it for a burtnofferynge.
2 Samuel 15:8
For thy seruaunt made a vowe, whan I dwelt at Gesur in Siria, and saide: Whan ye LORDE bryngeth me agayne to Ierusalem, I shal do a Gods seruyce vnto the LORDE.
2 Samuel 19:24
Mephiboseth the sonne of Saul came downe also to mete the kynge. And he had not made cleane his fete ner combde his beerde, nether had he waßshed his clothes from the daye that the kynge was gone awaye, vntyll the daye that he came agayne in peace.
2 Samuel 19:30
Mephiboseth sayde vnto the kynge: Let him take it all, in as moch as my lorde ye kynge is come home in peace.
2 Kings 5:17
Then sayde Naaman: Mighte there not a burthe of this earth be geue vnto yi seruaunt, as moch as two Mules maye beare? For thy seruaunt wyll nomore do sacrifice and offer burntofferynges vnto other goddes, but vnto the LORDE,

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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