Ezekiel 28:20-23
New English Translation
A Prophecy Against Sidon
20 The Lord’s message came to me: 21 “Son of man, turn toward[a] Sidon[b] and prophesy against it. 22 Say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“‘Look, I am against you,[c] Sidon,
and I will magnify myself in your midst.
Then they will know that I am the Lord
when I execute judgments on her
and reveal my sovereign power[d] in her.
23 I will send a plague into the city[e] and bloodshed into its streets;
the slain will fall within it, by the sword that attacks it[f] from every side.
Then they will know that I am the Lord.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 28:21 tn Heb “set your face against.”
- Ezekiel 28:21 sn Sidon was located 25 miles north of Tyre.
- Ezekiel 28:22 tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘hinnenî ’êlékâ’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.
- Ezekiel 28:22 tn Or “reveal my holiness.” God’s “holiness” is fundamentally his transcendence as sovereign ruler of the world. The revelation of his authority and power through judgment is in view in this context.
- Ezekiel 28:23 tn Heb “into it”; the referent of the feminine pronoun has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Ezekiel 28:23 tn Heb “by a sword against it.”
Ezekiel 28:20-23
Legacy Standard Bible
Prophesy Against Sidon
20 And the word of Yahweh came to me saying, 21 “Son of man, (A)set your face toward (B)Sidon, prophesy against her 22 and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,
“Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,
And I will [a]be glorified in your midst.
Then they will know that I am Yahweh when I (C)execute judgments in her,
And I will manifest My holiness in her.
23 For (D)I will send pestilence to her
And blood to her streets,
And the (E)wounded will [b]fall in her midst
By the sword upon her on every side;
Then they will know that I am Yahweh.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 28:22 Or glorify Myself
- Ezekiel 28:23 Or be judged
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