Ezekiel 28:16-26

16 Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.

17 Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings.

18 By your many sins and dishonest trade you have desecrated your sanctuaries. So I made a fire come out from you, and it consumed you, and I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching.

19 All the nations who knew you are appalled at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’ ”

A Prophecy Against Sidon

20 The word of the LORD came to me:

21 “Son of man, set your face against Sidon; prophesy against her

22 and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ ‘I am against you, Sidon, and among you I will display my glory. You will know that I am the LORD, when I inflict punishment on you and within you am proved to be holy.

23 I will send a plague upon you and make blood flow in your streets. The slain will fall within you, with the sword against you on every side. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

24 “ ‘No longer will the people of Israel have malicious neighbors who are painful briers and sharp thorns. Then they will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.

25 “ ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When I gather the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered, I will be proved holy through them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.

26 They will live there in safety and will build houses and plant vineyards; they will live in safety when I inflict punishment on all their neighbors who maligned them. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.’ ”

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Ezekiel 28:16-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 28

This chapter contains a prophecy of the destruction of the prince of Tyre; a lamentation for the king of Tyre; a denunciation of judgments on Zidon, and a promise of peace and safety to Israel. The order given the prophet to prophesy of the ruin of the prince of Tyre, Eze 28:1,2, the cause of his ruin, his pride on account of his wisdom and riches, which rose to such a pitch, as to make himself God, Eze 28:2-6, the manner in which his destruction shall be accomplished, Eze 28:7-10, the lamentation for the king of Tyre begins Eze 28:11,12, setting forth his former grandeur and dignity, Eze 28:13-15, his fall, and the cause of it, injustice and violence in merchandise, pride because of beauty and wisdom, and profanation of sanctuaries, Eze 28:16-19, next follow the judgments on Zidon, Eze 28:20-23, and the chapter is concluded with a promise of the restoration of the Jews to their own land, and of great tranquillity and safety in it, Eze 28:24-26.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 24

1. S Genesis 6:11; Habakkuk 2:17
2. S Genesis 3:24
3. Isaiah 10:12; Ezekiel 16:49; Ezekiel 31:10
4. S Ezekiel 19:12
5. Obadiah 1:18
6. Malachi 4:3
7. Zechariah 9:2-4
8. S Leviticus 26:32
9. S Jeremiah 51:64; S Ezekiel 26:21; Ezekiel 27:36
10. S Ezekiel 13:17; Ezekiel 6:2
11. S Genesis 10:15; S Jeremiah 25:22
12. Ezekiel 39:13
13. Ezekiel 30:19
14. S Leviticus 10:3
15. S Ezekiel 5:17; Ezekiel 38:22
16. Numbers 33:55; Joshua 23:13; S Isaiah 5:6; S Ezekiel 2:6
17. Psalms 106:47; Jeremiah 32:37
18. S Isaiah 11:12
19. S Ezekiel 20:41
20. Jeremiah 12:15; Jeremiah 23:8; S Ezekiel 11:17; Ezekiel 34:27; Ezekiel 37:25
21. S Leviticus 25:18; S 1 Kings 4:25; S Jeremiah 17:25; Jeremiah 23:6
22. S Deuteronomy 20:6
23. S Psalms 149:9
24. S Isaiah 65:21; S Jeremiah 32:15; Ezekiel 38:8; Ezekiel 39:26-27; Hosea 2:15; Hosea 11:11; Amos 9:14-15

Ezekiel 28:16-26

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A Prophecy Against Sidon

Ezekiel 28:16-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 28

Cross References 24