Ezekiel 28:21
Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
Ezekiel 28:21 in other translations
| BSB | “Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her. |
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| WEB | “Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it, |
| ASV | Son of man, set thy face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it, |
| YLT | ‘Son of man, set thy face unto Zidon, and prophesy concerning it; |
| DARBY | Son of man, set thy face towards Zidon, and prophesy against it, |
| BBE | Son of man, let your face be turned to Zidon, and be a prophet against it, and say, |
| Webster | Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it, |
What does Ezekiel 28:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 28:20-26
. The Zidonians were borderers upon the land of Israel, and they might have learned to glorify the Lord; but, instead of that, they seduced Israel to the worship of their idols. War and pestilence are God's messengers; but he will be glorified in the restoring his people to their former safety and prosperity. God will cure them of their sins, and ease them of their troubles. This promise will at length fully come to…
Ezekiel 28:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 28:21
- Ezekiel 6:2
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
- Genesis 10:15
And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
- Ezekiel 25:2
Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
- Jeremiah 25:22
And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
- Ezekiel 27:8
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
- Zechariah 9:2
And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.
- Ezekiel 29:2
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:
- Ezekiel 32:30
There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.
- Isaiah 23:2-4
Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
- Jeremiah 27:3
And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
- Jeremiah 47:4
Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the Lord will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
- Joel 3:4-8
Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head; Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head: …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6:2; 25:2; 29:2
Zidon.Tyre was a colony of the Zidonians (see on Isa 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.
27:8; 32:30; Ge 10:15
Sidon.
Isa 23:2-4,12; Jer 25:22; 27:3; 47:4; Joe 3:4-8; Zec 9:2
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Context
- Ezekiel 28:20
Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
- Ezekiel 28:21
Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
- Ezekiel 28:22
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.
Ezekiel 28:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Hijo del hombre, pon tu rostro hacia Sidón, y profetiza contra ella; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Fils d’homme, tourne ta face vers Sidon, et prophétise contre elle, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Menschensohn, richte dein Angesicht gegen Zidon und weissage wider dasselbe |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Fili hominis, pone faciem tuam contra Sidonem, et prophetabis de ea: |