The Meaning of Ezekiel 28:21 Explained

Ezekiel 28:21

KJV: Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,

YLT: 'Son of man, set thy face unto Zidon, and prophesy concerning it;

Darby: Son of man, set thy face towards Zidon, and prophesy against it,

ASV: Son of man, set thy face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Son  of man,  set  thy face  against Zidon,  and prophesy  against it, 

What does Ezekiel 28:21 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 28

1  God's judgment upon the prince of Tyrus for his sacrilegious pride
11  A lamentation of his great glory corrupted by Sidon
20  The judgment of Zion
24  The restoration of Israel

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 28:21 mean?

Son of man set your face toward Sidon and prophesy against her
בֶּן־ אָדָ֕ם שִׂ֥ים פָּנֶ֖יךָ אֶל־ צִיד֑וֹן וְהִנָּבֵ֖א עָלֶֽיהָ

בֶּן־  Son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אָדָ֕ם  of  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
שִׂ֥ים  set 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
פָּנֶ֖יךָ  your  face 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
אֶל־  toward 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
צִיד֑וֹן  Sidon 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: צִידֹון  
Sense: ancient Phoenician city, on Mediterranean coast north of Tyre.
וְהִנָּבֵ֖א  and  prophesy 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: נָבָא  
Sense: to prophesy.
עָלֶֽיהָ  against  her 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.