Eze 28:22 | KingComments | STEP | The word of the LORD comes to Ezekiel ( ). He is to set his face toward Sidon and then prophesy against it ( ). Sidon is about forty miles north of Tyre on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Lord GOD says to Sidon that He will be glorified in her midst ( ). This He will do by executing judgments on Sidon. Through this He will make Himself known to her as the LORD. The judgments consist of the pestilence that He will send to the city and the sword that will make many victims, so that the blood fills the streets ( ). Once again the LORD points out that by this they will know that He is the LORD. Sidon receives these judgments because she has scorned and mocked Israel for the judgment God has brought upon His people ( ). The jeers and scorn have acted like prickly thorns and painful thistles. Other nations around Israel have also been guilty of this. God will silence all these nations, while there will be restoration for Israel. The following verses show that. The judgment on Tyre and Sidon does not mean that there is no mercy for individuals in these cities. We see this in the Gospels. The Lord Jesus went near Tyre and Sidon ( ; ) and healed the daughter of a woman from that area ( ). Another example is that among the large crowd of people who came to Him because they had heard of Him were also people from Tyre and Sidon ( ). In addition, the Lord notes that the cities where He has been and which have seen His powers but rejected Him will be judged more severely than Tyre and Sidon ( ). Thereby He also declares that the day of judgment has not yet fully arrived for the two cities, although they have already been visited by much judgment on them.

‏ Ezekiel 28:22

Judgment on Sidon

The word of the LORD comes to Ezekiel (Eze 28:20). He is to set his face toward Sidon and then prophesy against it (Eze 28:21). Sidon is about forty miles north of Tyre on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Lord GOD says to Sidon that He will be glorified in her midst (Eze 28:22). This He will do by executing judgments on Sidon. Through this He will make Himself known to her as the LORD.

The judgments consist of the pestilence that He will send to the city and the sword that will make many victims, so that the blood fills the streets (Eze 28:23). Once again the LORD points out that by this they will know that He is the LORD.

Sidon receives these judgments because she has scorned and mocked Israel for the judgment God has brought upon His people (Eze 28:24). The jeers and scorn have acted like prickly thorns and painful thistles. Other nations around Israel have also been guilty of this. God will silence all these nations, while there will be restoration for Israel. The following verses show that.

The judgment on Tyre and Sidon does not mean that there is no mercy for individuals in these cities. We see this in the Gospels. The Lord Jesus went near Tyre and Sidon (Mt 15:21; Mk 7:24) and healed the daughter of a woman from that area (Mt 15:22-28). Another example is that among the large crowd of people who came to Him because they had heard of Him were also people from Tyre and Sidon (Mk 3:8).

In addition, the Lord notes that the cities where He has been and which have seen His powers but rejected Him will be judged more severely than Tyre and Sidon (Mt 11:21-22). Thereby He also declares that the day of judgment has not yet fully arrived for the two cities, although they have already been visited by much judgment on them.