Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 28:21
Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
21. In Gen 10:15 Zidon is the firstborn of Canaan, and it was probably the parent city of Tyre, which lies twenty miles further south. The modern town bears the name Saida. See chart of Sidon in Rawl. Phenic. p. 66.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Prophecy against Zidon. Zidon (mod. Saida) was more ancient than Tyre and was the original metropolis of Phoenicia Gen 10:19, but in the times of Phoenician greatness it ever played a subordinate part. Only once Jdg 10:12 do we find the Zidonians in conflict with Israel. The evil which they did was the seducing them to idolatry (compare Eze 28:24), as in the case of Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians 1Ki 16:31. The capture of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar increased the importance of Zidon, which was a wealthy and flourishing town when Artaxerxes Ochus destroyed it. It has rallied from time to time, but has never attained to any great consequence, though not in such complete ruin as Tyre.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Set thy face: see Eze 20:46; 21:2.
Against Zidon; neighbour and confederate of Tyre.
Prophesy against it; declare her sins, approaching sorrows, and my judgments against her.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
21. Zidonfamous for itsfishery (from a root, Zud, “to fish”); andafterwards for its wide extended commerce; its artistic elegance wasproverbial. Founded by Canaan’s first-born (Ge10:15). Tyre was an offshoot from it, so that it was involved inthe same overthrow by the Chaldeans as Tyre. It is mentionedseparately, because its idolatry (Ashtaroth, Tammuz, or Adonis)infected Israel more than that of Tyre did (Eze 8:14;Jdg 10:6; 1Ki 11:33).The notorious Jezebel was a daughter of the Zidonian king.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Son of man, set thy face against Zidon,…. An ancient city, near to Tyre, and in confederacy with it, greatly given to idolatry and superstition; and may design all the antichristian states in the communion of the church of Rome:
and prophesy against it; the prophet is bid to look towards this place with a stern countenance, as before against Tyre; threatening it with ruin, and prophesying of it, in the following manner.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
21. Zidon Or, Sidon. The oldest, and for many millenniums the leading Phoenician city. A document written cir. 1400 B.C. proves, however, that even at that early date Tyre had dared to lift her hand, though as yet ineffectually, even with Egypt’s assistance, against the mother city. So high did Zidon stand above all the other cities of the coast that Sidonian is the general name for Phoenician in the early Old Testament history (Jdg 18:7; Jdg 18:28; Deu 3:9; 1Ki 16:31). In David and Solomon’s day, and even earlier (from 1100 B.C.), Tyre appears as the greater city, and although Sennacherib sought in every way to strengthen Sidon as a rival to Tyre, which he wished to subjugate (701 B.C.), it was so completely destroyed by Esarhaddon (678 B.C.) that it disappears entirely even from the list of towns tributary to Assyria, giving place to the new city of Esarhaddonburg, erected on or near its site ( McCurdy, 2:341). At the time this prophecy was written it had evidently recovered sufficiently to deserve a passing notice (Eze 27:8; Joe 3:4; Jer 25:22; Jer 27:3; Zec 9:2).
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Eze 28:21 Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
Ver. 21. Set thy face against Zidon. ] An ancient and eminent city of Phoenicia, little inferior to Tyre: in Joshua it is called “Zidon the great.” Jos 11:8 A very superstitious place, and a great enemy to God’s people.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Son of man. See note on Eze 2:1.
Zidon. Was not threatened with extinction, as Tyre was. See note on Eze 26:2.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
set: Eze 6:2, Eze 25:2, Eze 29:2
Zidon: Tyre was a colony of the Zidonians – See note on Isa 23:12, and consequently Zidon was a more ancient, though a less considerable city than Tyre; and it is probable that it was taken by the Chaldeans soon after the destruction of the latter. It was afterwards burnt to the ground by the inhabitants, to prevent it falling in the hands of Ochus. Eze 27:8, Eze 32:30, Gen 10:15, Sidon, Isa 23:2-4, Isa 23:12, Jer 25:22, Jer 27:3, Jer 47:4, Joe 3:4-8, Zec 9:2
Reciprocal: Eze 21:2 – set Mar 7:24 – Tyre
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 28:21-23. Set thy face against Zidon Direct thy face and thy speech toward Zidon, and fore-tel its destruction by the king of Babylon. Tyre and Zidon were neighbouring cities, and generally partakers of the same prosperity or adversity. We have, indeed, no history that informs us of the particulars of what befell Zidon; but it is likely that it sent help to the Tyrians, and so (Nebuchadnezzar proving victorious) suffered with them, and was reduced first under the power of the Chaldeans, and afterward of the Persians. Say, Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon Provoked by thy sins, I am an adversary to thee, and am determined to punish thee. I will be glorified in the midst of thee I will make my power and justice known by the judgments I will execute upon thee. In the same sense God saith, Exo 14:17, I will get me honour upon Pharaoh. And will be sanctified in her And will get myself reverence, fear, and praise, by the punishment I will bring upon her. God is said to be sanctified in those for whose preservation or destruction he exerts his power in a remarkable manner, so as to get glory to himself. For I will send her pestilence and blood The pestilence, which often accompanies long sieges, shall destroy her inhabitants. And the wounded shall be judged, &c., by the sword That is, the wounded shall fall in the midst of her by the sword, and meet with their deserved punishment from it.