KJV King James Version
Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
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Ezekiel 28:21
Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her.
WEB World English Bible
Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,
ASV American Standard Version
Son of man, set thy face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Son of man, set thy face unto Zidon, and prophesy concerning it;
Surrounding context — Ezekiel 28
18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never [shalt] thou [be] any more.
20 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
21 Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
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.
23 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.
24 And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor [any] grieving thorn of all [that are] round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I [am] the Lord GOD.
Cross-references
Ezekiel 6:2Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,Genesis 10:15And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,Ezekiel 27:8The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise [men], O Tyrus, [that] were in thee, were thy pilots.Ezekiel 25:2Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;Jeremiah 25:22And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which [are] beyond the sea,Ezekiel 32:30There [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.Jeremiah 27:3And 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;Isaiah 23:12And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.Jeremiah 47:4Because 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 3:4-8Yea, 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;Ezekiel 29:2Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:Isaiah 23:2-4Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.Zechariah 9:2And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.
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