A message about Sidon

20 Then Yahweh gave me another message. He said, 21 “You human, turn toward Sidon city, and declare the terrible things that will happen to it. 22 Give the people of Sidon this message from me, Yahweh the Lord:

‘I am your enemy, you people of Sidon,

and by what I do to you,

I will reveal that I am very great/glorious.

When I punish you and reveal that I am holy,

everyone who is watching that will know that it is I, Yahweh, who have the power to do what I say that I will do.

23 I will send a plague upon you,

and I will send enemies to come and kill [MTY] you in your streets.

They will attack you from every direction,

and your people will be slaughtered inside the walls of your city.

Then everyone will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.'

24 No longer will those who live near you people of Israel hurt you like [MET] painful briers and sharp thorns hurt people. And then the Israeli people will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.”