19All the nations who knew you

are appalled at you;

you have come to a horrible end

and will be no more.’”

A Prophecy Against Sidon

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

“‘I am against you, O Sidon,

and I will gain glory within you.

They will know that I am the Lord,

when I inflict punishment on her

and show myself holy within her.

23I will send a plague upon her

and make blood flow in her streets.

The slain will fall within her,

with the sword against her on every side.

Then they will know that I am the Lord.

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

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