Ezekiel 28:20-26

New International Version

A Prophecy Against Sidon

²⁰The word of the Lord came to me: ²¹“Son of man, set your face against^(A) Sidon;^(B) prophesy against her ²²and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘I am against you, Sidon,
    and among you I will display my glory.^(C)
You will know that I am the Lord,
    when I inflict punishment^(D) on you
    and within you am proved to be holy.^(E)
²³I 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.^(F)

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

²⁵“‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I gather^(H) the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered,^(I) I will be proved holy^(J) through them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.^(K) ²⁶They will live there in safety^(L) and will build houses and plant^(M) vineyards; they will live in safety when I inflict punishment^(N) on all their neighbors who maligned them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.^(O)’”