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“Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,
and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I am against you, Sidon. I will be glorified among you. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I have executed judgments in her, and am sanctified in her.
For I will send pestilence into her, and blood into her streets. The wounded will fall within her, with the sword on her on every side. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.
Ezekiel 28:21-23 sits inside this longer paragraph.
Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, “Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,
and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I am against you, Sidon. I will be glorified among you. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I have executed judgments in her, and am sanctified in her.
For I will send pestilence into her, and blood into her streets. The wounded will fall within her, with the sword on her on every side. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.
“Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,
and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I am against you, Sidon. I will be glorified among you. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I have executed judgments in her, and am sanctified in her.
For I will send pestilence into her, and blood into her streets. The wounded will fall within her, with the sword on her on every side. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.
Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
'Son of man, set thy face toward Zidon, and prophesy against it,
and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon, and I will be glorified in the midst of thee; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
For I will send into her pestilence and blood in her streets; and the wounded shall fall in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv22–23 By executing my judgments against thy wickedness.
By executing my judgments against thy wickedness.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv21–23 Eze 28:21 Son of man, set thy face against…
Eze 28:21 Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
Ver. 21. Set thy face against Zidon.] An ancient and eminent city of Phoenicia, little inferior to Tyre: in Joshua it is called "Zidon the great." {Jos 11:8} A very superstitious place, and a great enemy to God’s people.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv21–23 Set thy face: see Eze 20:46; 21:2.
Set thy face: see Eze 20:46; 21:2.
Against Zidon; neighbour and confederate of Tyre.
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Prophesy against it; declare her sins, approaching sorrows, and my judgments against her.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv21–23 Son of man, set thy face against Zidon,.... An…
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.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv22–23 Zidon - A city, northwest from Canaan, a king's…
Zidon - A city, northwest from Canaan, a king's seat of old, and from which Tyre descended. I will be glorified - When my judgments make my justice, power and truth appear, both you, and others shall confess my glory. Sanctified - Owned as holy, reverenced as just, obeyed as sovereign.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv22–23 Verse 22. I am against thee, O Zidon] Sidon…
Verse 22. I am against thee, O Zidon] Sidon for a long time had possessed the empire of the sea and of all Phoenicia, and Tyre was one of its colonies; but in process of time, the daughter became greater than the mother. It seems to have been an independent place at the time in which Tyre was taken; but it is likely that it was taken by the Chaldeans soon after the former.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v21 Eze 28:21-23. Set thy face against Zidon — Direct…
Eze 28:21-23. Set thy face against Zidon — Direct thy face and thy speech toward Zidon, and fore-tel its destruction by the king of Babylon. Tyre and Zidon were neighbouring cities, and generally partakers of the same prosperity or adversity. We have, indeed, no history that informs us of the particulars of what befell Zidon; but it is likely that it sent help to the Tyrians, and so (Nebuchadnezzar proving victorious) suffered with them, and was reduced first under the power of the Chaldeans, and afterward of the Persians. Say, Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon — Provoked by thy sins, I am an adversary to thee, and am determined to punish thee. I will be glorified in the midst of thee — I will make my power and justice known by the judgments I will execute upon thee. In the same sense God saith, Exo 14:17, I will get me honour upon Pharaoh. And will be sanctified in her — And will get myself reverence, fear, and praise, by the punishment I will bring upon her. God is said to be sanctified in those for whose preservation or destruction he exerts his power in a remarkable manner, so as to get glory to himself. For I will send her pestilence and blood — The pestilence, which often accompanies long sieges, shall destroy her inhabitants. And the wounded shall be judged, &c., by the sword — That is, the wounded shall fall in the midst of her by the sword, and meet with their deserved punishment from it.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv21–22 Prophecy against Zidon. Zidon (mod. Saida) was more ancient…
Prophecy against Zidon. Zidon (mod. Saida) was more ancient than Tyre and was the original metropolis of Phoenicia Gen 10:19, but in the times of Phoenician greatness it ever played a subordinate part. Only once Jdg 10:12 do we find the “Zidonians” in conflict with Israel. The evil which they did was the seducing them to idolatry (compare Eze 28:24), as in the case of Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians 1Ki 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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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v22 Sidon. It gave rise to Tyre, yet was now…
Sidon. It gave rise to Tyre, yet was now inferior, though independent of it, (Isaias xxiii. 4.) or subject to Egypt. (Diodorus ii. 2.) --- It was now pillaged.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv21–22 Zidon--famous for its fishery (from a root, Zud, "to…
Zidon--famous for its fishery (from a root, Zud, "to fish"); and afterwards for its wide extended commerce; its artistic elegance was proverbial. Founded by Canaan's first-born (Gen 10:15). Tyre was an offshoot from it, so that it was involved in the same overthrow by the Chaldeans as Tyre. It is mentioned separately, because its idolatry (Ashtaroth, Tammuz, or Adonis) infected Israel more than that of Tyre did (Eze 8:14; Jdg 10:6; Kg1 11:33). The notorious Jezebel was a daughter of the Zidonian king.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv21–23 21. Zidon — Or, Sidon. The oldest, and for…
21. Zidon — Or, Sidon. The oldest, and for many millenniums the leading Phoenician city. A document written cir. 1400 B.C. proves, however, that even at that early date Tyre had dared to lift her hand, though as yet ineffectually, even with Egypt’s assistance, against the mother city. So high did Zidon stand above all the other cities of the coast that Sidonian is the general name for Phoenician in the early Old Testament history (Jdg_18:7; Jdg_18:28; Deu_3:9; 1Ki_16:31). In David and Solomon’s day, and even earlier (from 1100 B.C.), Tyre appears as the greater city, and although Sennacherib sought in every way to strengthen Sidon as a rival to Tyre, which he wished to subjugate (701 B.C.), it was so completely destroyed by Esarhaddon (678 B.C.) that it disappears entirely even from the list of towns tributary to Assyria, giving place to the new city of Esarhaddonburg, erected on or near its site (McCurdy, 2:341). At the time this prophecy was written it had evidently recovered sufficiently to deserve a passing notice (Eze_27:8; Joe_3:4; Jer_25:22; Jer_27:3; Zec_9:2).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv21–23 21. In Gen_10:15 Zidon is the firstborn of Canaan,…
21. In Gen_10:15 Zidon is the firstborn of Canaan, and it was probably the parent city of Tyre, which lies twenty miles further south. The modern town bears the name Saida. See chart of Sidon in Rawl. Phenic. p. 66.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv21–23 Set thy face against Zidon. The relation of this…
Set thy face against Zidon. The relation of this city to Tyre was one of sufficient independence to justify a separate oracle for the completeness of the prophet"s arrangement of his messages. (Joe_3:4; Jer_25:22; Zec_9:2) It was sufficiently identified with it not to call for any long description. It is assumed that her sins were of the same kind and required a like punishment.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v23 Connecting Statement:
Connecting Statement:
Yahweh continues giving Ezekiel his message to Sidon.
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General Information:
The words "you" and "your" in these verses refer to Sidon.
blood in your streets
Here "blood" refers to the blood of the people of Sidon and represents those whom their enemies would kill. (See: Metaphor)
the slain will fall
Here "the slain" means the people of Sidon whom their enemies would kill. AT: "the slain people will fall" (See: Nominal Adjectives)
When the sword comes against you
Here "sword" is a metonym for an attacking enemy army. AT: "When enemy armies attack you" (See: Metonymy)
pricking briars and painful thorns for the house of Israel from all those around her who despise her people
Here the briars and thorns represent what would cause suffering and pain. AT: "people anywhere around the house of Israel who wound them like briars, hurt them like thorns, and despise them" (See: Metaphor)
the house of Israel
The word "house" is a metonym for the family that lives in the house. In this case it refers to Israel's descendants. See how you translated this in Ezekiel 3:1. AT: "the Israelites" or "the Israelite people group" (See: Metonymy)
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plague
blood
slay
sword
Lord Yahweh
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v22 28:22-23 The Lord planned to reveal his glory and…
28:22-23 The Lord planned to reveal his glory and holiness by bringing upon Sidon the threefold judgment of plague, blood, and attack (or the sword) on every side.
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