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Ezekiel 28:21

28:20 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,

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Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,

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

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

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.

What does Ezekiel 28:21 mean?

Ezekiel 28:21 is a verse in the book of Ezekiel, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בֵּן (bên), אָדָם (ʼâdâm), שׂוּם (sûwm). It connects to 16 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Sonבֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
of
man,אָדָםʼâdâm/aw-dawm'/H120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
setשׂוּםsûwm/soom/H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
thy
faceפָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
against
Zidon,צִידוֹןTsîydôwn/tsee-done'/H6721Tsidon, the name of a son of Canaan, and of a place in Palestine
and
prophesyנָבָאnâbâʼ/naw-baw'/H5012to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
against
it,

Commentary on Ezekiel 28:21

HENRY_FULL · Ezekiel 28:21
—the approaching ruin of Judah and Jerusalem for their sins. This Jeremiah had often foretold; here he has particularly full orders to foretel it again. I. He must set their sins in order before them, as he had often done, especially their idolatry, ver. 4, 5 . II. He must describe the particular judgments which were now coming apace upon them for these sins, ver. 6-9 . III. He must do this in the valley of Tophet, with great solemnity, and for some particular reasons, ver. 2, 3 . IV. He must summon a company of the elders together to be witnesses of this, ver. 1 . V. He must confirm this, and endeavour to affect his hearers with it, by a sign, which was the breaking of an earthen bottle, signifying that they should be dashed to pieces like a potter's vessel, ver. 10-13 . VI. When he had done this in the valley of Tophet he ratified it in the court of the temple, ver. 14, 15 . Thus were all likely means tried to awaken this stupid senseless people to repentance, that their ruin might be prevented; but all in vain. The Desolation of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 600.) 1 Thus saith the Lord

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Joshua 15:8

And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:

2 Kings 23:10

And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

2 Chronicles 28:3

Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. burnt: or, offered sacrifice

2 Chronicles 33:6

And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

Nehemiah 3:29

After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.

Proverbs 1:20

Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: Wisdom: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom

Ezekiel 1:7

And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. straight: Heb. a straight foot

Ezekiel 3:10

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.

Ezekiel 3:11

And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

Ezekiel 3:12

Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.

Ezekiel 7:2

Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.

Ezekiel 11:6

Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

Ezekiel 26:2

Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:

Jonah 3:2

Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

Matthew 10:27

What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

Acts 5:20

Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Ezekiel 28:21.

Genesis 16:12

And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

Genesis 2:8

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Genesis 3:8

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. cool: Heb. wind

Genesis 4:25

And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. Seth: Heb. Sheth: that is Appointed, or, Put

Genesis 6:1

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

Genesis 6:2

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

Genesis 6:4

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

Genesis 6:7

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. both: Heb. from man unto beast

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What does Ezekiel 28:21 say?

Ezekiel 28:21 (King James Version) reads: "Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,"

Is Ezekiel 28:21 in the Old or New Testament?

Ezekiel 28:21 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Ezekiel.

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