Ezekiel 28:21

New Life Version

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

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,

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 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 saying, ²¹ "Son of man, look toward Sidon and speak against her. ²² Tell her, ‘The Lord God says, "I am against you, O Sidon, and My greatness will be honored among you. They will know that I am the Lord when I punish Sidon. I will show Myself holy within her. ²³ For I will send disease upon her, and blood into her streets. People will be killed by the sword from every side. Then they will know that I am the Lord. ²⁴ No longer will the people of Israel have neighbors like a sharp thistle or thorn who hate them. Then they will know that I am the Lord God. ²⁵ "The Lord God says, ‘I will gather the people of Israel from the different nations where they have been sent. And I will show Myself holy among them in the eyes of the nations. Then they will live in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob. ²⁶ They will live there and be safe. They will build houses, plant grape-fields, and be safe, when I punish all those around them who speak against them. Then 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 and song. He is the One Who saves me. He is my God and I will praise Him. He is my father's God and I will honor Him.

Deuteronomy 26:17
Today you have said that the Lord is your God, and that you will walk in His ways, keep all His Laws, and listen to His voice.

Judges 11:31
And I will give to the Lord whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the people of Ammon. I will give it to the Lord as a burnt gift."

2 Samuel 15:8
For your servant made a promise while I was living at Geshur in Syria, saying, ‘If the Lord will bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.'"

2 Samuel 19:24
Then Saul's grandson Mephibosheth came down to meet the king. He had not dressed his feet, trimmed the hair of his face, or washed his clothes, from the day the king left until the day he returned in peace.

2 Samuel 19:30
Mephibosheth said to the king, "Let him take it all, since my lord the king has come home and is safe."

2 Kings 5:17
Naaman said, "If not, I ask you, let your servant be given as much dirt as two horses can carry. For your servant will not give burnt gifts or kill animals on the altar in worship to other gods any more. I will only give gifts 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.