THEOSISEphraem the Syrian
I am against you, Sidon, because you have also ridiculed the people of Israel. I will be exalted through you; in other words, I will receive glory from others for the discipline I will bring upon you.
Ezekiel 28:22Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And 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.
וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה הִנְנִ֤י עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ צִיד֔וֹן וְנִכְבַּדְתִּ֖י בְּתוֹכֵ֑ךְ וְֽיָדְע֞וּ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֗ה בַּעֲשׂ֥וֹתִי בָ֛הּ שְׁפָטִ֖ים וְנִקְדַּ֥שְׁתִּי בָֽהּ׃
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Theodoret of Cyrus
Since you have not sought Me in your abundance, O Sidon, declares the Lord, I will bring upon you numerous and diverse misfortunes, famine, and assaults from adversaries, so that through these tribulations you may recognize My sovereignty. He also reveals the reasons for your downfall.
Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Ezek 39:13And all the people of the land shall bury him, and it shall be unto them a noted day, wherein I was glorified, saith the Lord God.
- Ezek 20:41I will accept of you for an odour of sweetness, when I shall have brought you out from the people, and shall have gathered you out of the lands into which you are scattered, and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.
- Ex 14:4And I shall harden his heart and he will pursue you: and I shall be glorified in Pharao, and in all his army: and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. And they did so.
- Ex 14:17And I will harden the heart of the Egyptians to pursue you: and I will be glorified in Pharao, and in all his host, and in his chariots and in his horsemen.
- Jer 21:13Behold I come to thee that dwellest in a valley upon a rock above a plain, saith the Lord: and you say: Who shall strike us and who shall enter into our houses?
- Ps 83 (82):17
- Ezek 29:3Speak, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I come against thee, Pharao king of Egypt, thou great dragon that liest in the midst of thy rivers, and sayest: The river is mine, and I made myself.
- Nah 3:5Behold I come against thee, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will discover thy shame to thy face, and will shew thy nakedness to the nations, and thy shame to kingdoms.