Descriptions of the downfall of Tyre and Sidon serve as the settings for a precious promise. While all her neighbors will suffer disaster and destruction, God’s people will be gathered from them and brought to a place of peace. There, they will experience neither a brier to prick nor a thorn to hurt. But there’s more. The LORD intends to manifest his holiness in Israel in the sight of those neighbor nations. That is what he wanted all along.
LORD, rescue us, and manifest your holiness in us.
Ezekiel 28