21Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
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Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-26)God’s glory is his great end, both in all the good and in all the evil which proceed out of the mouth of the Most High ; so we find in these verses. 1. God will be glorified in the destruction of Zidon, a city that lay near to Tyre, was more ancient, but not so considerable, had a dependence upon it and stood and fell with it. God says here, I am against thee, O Zidon! and I will be glorified in t…
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