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Ezekiel 28:22

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and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, Sidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of you; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.

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Sidon and Tyre were neighboring Phoenician coastal city-states on the Mediterranean, north of Israel in present-day Lebanon. In Ezekiel’s surrounding prophecies, God announces judgment on these proud, influential nations, showing that he defends Israel and rules even the powerful peoples around it.

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Ezekiel 28:22 mentions Sidon and Tyre.

Tyre · Vyacheslav Argenberg

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