THEOSISJerome of Stridon
The Lord spoke to me, saying, Son of man, direct your attention towards Sidon and prophesy about it, declaring, Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am against you, Sidon, and I will be glorified within you, and they will know that I am the Lord when I bring forth judgment upon you and reveal my holiness in you. I will bring upon you disease and bloodshed within your streets, and those who fall among you will be slain by the sword on all sides, and they will recognize that I am the Lord. There will be no temptation of distress or thorns of offense for the house of Israel from all their surrounding adversaries, and they will know that I am the Lord God.
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Thus says the Lord God, When I gather the house of Israel from the nations among which they have been scattered, I will make my holiness evident in them before the eyes of the Gentiles. They will reside in the land I gave to My servant Jacob, and they will dwell there in peace, building houses and planting vineyards, living in hope, when I execute judgment upon all their enemies around them, and they will know that I am the Lord their God. Following the Greek version, the phrase "the God of their fathers" is absent in the Hebrew text. The divine proclamation shifts from Tyre to Sidon because both cities are situated within the same region. In the Gospel, Sidon is mentioned alongside Tyre, indicating that if the mighty works done in you were performed in Tyre and Sidon (Matt. 11:21). Thus, the Canaanite woman, whose daughter was afflicted by a demon, left the territory of Tyre and Sidon and received her request (Matthew 15).