Ezekiel 28
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A Prophecy Against Sidon (28:20–26)
20–23 Sidon was a sister city of Tyre, located nearby on the coast of Lebanon. Though less prominent than Tyre, she shared in Tyre’s guilt and would be judged accordingly.
24–26 When all these judgments against Israel’s malicious neighbors were completed, Israel would be free from their harassment; then the Israelites would know that their God was the Sovereign LORD over all nations (verse 24).
The Lord concluded with a promise: the exiles would be gathered from the nations and brought back to the promised land (verse 25)—the land God gave to Jacob (see Genesis 28:13; 35:12). These words surely must have given hope to the exiles; after Jerusalem fell, they likely despaired of ever seeing their homeland again. But the Lord (through Ezekiel) graciously gave them a double promise: Israel’s enemies would be judged and the exiles would be restored to their land. “Then,” said the Lord, “they will know that I am the LORD their God” (verse 26).