"Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it," — Ezekiel 28:21

Ezekiel 28:21 · KJV

“Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,”

— Ezekiel 28:21

Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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 — Context

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. {a terror: Heb. terrors}

Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,

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.

Cross References

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, {Sidon: Heb. Tzidon}

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, {isles: or, region by the sea side}

Ezekiel 25:2

Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;

Ezekiel 27:8

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise {men}, O Tyrus, {that} were in thee, were thy pilots.

Isaiah 23:12

And 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.

Ezekiel 29:2

Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:

Isaiah 23:2-4

Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. {still: Heb. silent}