Bible Strands
Ezekiel 28:22
And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My holiness through her.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord speaks through the prophet Ezekiel during an oracle directed against the city of Sidon. The message is delivered as a divine declaration of impending judgment.
The words — הִנְ/נִ֤י (hi./Ni) = behold, I am here, and עָלַ֙יִ/ךְ֙ ('a.La.yi/kh) = against you, frame the divine confrontation. These terms establish an immediate, personal stance of judgment.
The thread — This theme of God displaying His glory through judgment appears in Ezekiel 39:13 and Exodus 14:4, 14:17. In each passage, divine action forces recognition of His identity.
Why it lands — The text demands acknowledgment of God’s holiness demonstrated through judgment. It requires readers to recognize divine authority when it acts against opposition.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 39:13 All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day I display My glory, declares the Lord GOD.
- Exodus 14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.
- Exodus 14:17 And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army and chariots and horsemen.
- Ezekiel 20:41 When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will show My holiness through you in the sight of the nations.
- Ezekiel 30:19 So I will execute judgment on Egypt, and they will know that I am the LORD.”
- Exodus 9:16 But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
- Exodus 15:21 And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
- Leviticus 10:3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.
- 1 Samuel 17:45 But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
- Psalms 9:16 The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah