Ezekiel 28:22

Say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘Look, I am against you, ¹  Sidon, and I will magnify myself in your midst. Then they will know that I am the Lord when I execute judgments on her and reveal my sovereign power ²  in her.

Ex 9:16; Ex 14:4,17; Ex 15:21; Le 10:3; 1Sa 17:45-47; Ps 9:16; Ps 21:12,13; Ps 83:17; Isa 5:15,16; Isa 37:20; Jer 21:13; Jer 50:31; Eze 5:8; Eze 20:41; Eze 21:3; Eze 26:3; Eze 28:25; Eze 29:3,10; Eze 36:23; Eze 38:3; Eze 38:23; Eze 39:1-3; Eze 39:13; Na 1:6; Na 2:13; Na 3:5; Re 19:1,2

¹ tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.

² tn Or “reveal my holiness.” God’s “holiness” is fundamentally his transcendence as sovereign ruler of the world. The revelation of his authority and power through judgment is in view in this context.