Ezekiel 28:21
Good News Translation
"Mortal man, denounce the city of Sidon.

New Revised Standard Version
Mortal, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,

Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the city of Sidon

New American Bible
Son of man, turn your face toward Sidon and prophesy against it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Son of man, set thy face against Sidon: and thou shalt prophesy of it,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Son of man, set thy face against Sidon: and thou shalt prophesy of it,

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Ezekiel 6:2 Son of man set thy face towards the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them.

Ezekiel 25:2 Son of man, set thy face against the children of Ammon, and thou shalt prophesy of them.

Ezekiel 29:2 Son of man, set thy face against Pharao king of Egypt: and thou shalt prophesy of him, and of all Egypt:

Zidon.

Ezekiel 23:12 Impudently prostituting herself to the children of the Assyrians, the princes, and rulers that came to her, clothed with divers colours, to the horsemen that rode upon horses, and to young men all of great beauty.

;) 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.

Ezekiel 27:8 The inhabitants of Sidon, and the Arabians were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were thy pilots.

Ezekiel 32:30 There are all the princes of the north, and all the hunters: who were brought down with the slain, fearing, and confounded in their strength: who slept uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword, and have borne their shame with them that go down into the pit.

Genesis 10:15 And Chanaan begot Sidon his firstborn, the Hethite,

Sidon

Isaiah 23:2-4,12 Be silent, you that dwell in the island: the merchants of Sidon passing over the sea, have filled thee. . . .

Jeremiah 25:22 And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon: and the kings of the land of the islands that are beyond the sea.

Jeremiah 27:3 And thou shalt send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon: by the hand of the messengers that are come to Jerusalem to Sedecias the king of Juda.

Jeremiah 47:4 Because of the coming of the day, in which all the Philistines shall be laid waste, and Tyre and Sidon shall be destroyed, with all the rest of their helpers. For the Lord hath wasted the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Cappadocia.

Joel 3:4-8 But what have you to do with me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the coast of the Philistines? will you revenge yourselves on me? and if you revenge yourselves on me, I will very soon return you a recompense upon your own head. . . .

Zechariah 9:2 Emath also in the borders thereof, and Tyre, and Sidon: for they have taken to themselves to be exceeding wise.

Context
A Prophecy Against Sidon
20And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 21Son of man, set thy face against Sidon: and thou shalt prophesy of it,22And shalt say: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I come against thee, Sidon, and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall execute judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.…
Cross References
Genesis 10:15
And Chanaan begot Sidon his firstborn, the Hethite,

Genesis 10:19
And the limits of Chanaan were from Sidon as one comes to Gerara even to Gaza, until thou enter Sodom and Gomorrha, and Adama, and Seboim even to Lesa.

Isaiah 23:2
Be silent, you that dwell in the island: the merchants of Sidon passing over the sea, have filled thee.

Isaiah 23:4
Be thou ashamed, O Sidon: for the sea speaketh, even the strength of the sea, saying: I have not been in labour, nor have I brought forth, nor have I nourished up young men, nor brought up virgins.

Ezekiel 6:2
Son of man set thy face towards the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them.

Ezekiel 21:2
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and let thy speech flow towards the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel:

Ezekiel 25:2
Son of man, set thy face against the children of Ammon, and thou shalt prophesy of them.

Ezekiel 27:8
The inhabitants of Sidon, and the Arabians were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were thy pilots.

Ezekiel 28:20
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Ezekiel 32:30
There are all the princes of the north, and all the hunters: who were brought down with the slain, fearing, and confounded in their strength: who slept uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword, and have borne their shame with them that go down into the pit.

Zechariah 9:2
Emath also in the borders thereof, and Tyre, and Sidon: for they have taken to themselves to be exceeding wise.

Ezekiel 28:20
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