Matthew 11:22

Nevertheless, I say to you, it will be more bearable for Tzor and Tzidon than for you on Yom HaDin.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.

In Context

21Oy l'chah (Woe to you), Korazin! Oy l'chah, Beit-Tzaidah! For if in Tzor and Tzidon were accomplished the gevurot that were accomplished among you, they would have made teshuva long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

23And you, K'far-Nachum, were you lifted up as far as Shomayim? You shall be brought down as far as Sheol. + 11:23 Isa 14:13,15 For if in S'dom were accomplished the gevurot that were accomplished among you, S'dom would have a sheerit (remnant) today!

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Cross References

Isaiah 23:1The massa (burden) of Tzor: 1 Howl, ye oniyyot (ships) of Tarshish; 1 for it is destroyed, so that there is no bais, no entering in; 1 from the Eretz Kittim (Land of Cyprus) 1 niglah (it is revealed) to them. 1

Jeremiah 27:3And send them to Melech Edom, and to Melech Moav, and to Melech Bnei Ammon, and to Melech Tzor, and to Melech Tzidon, by the yad of the malachim which come to Yerushalayim unto Tzidkiyah Melech Yehudah;

Ezekiel 29:18Ben adam, Nevukhadretzar Melech Bavel caused his army to avodah gedolah (labor strenuously) against Tzor (Tyre); every rosh was rubbed bare, and every katef (shoulder) was rubbed raw; yet had he no sachar (pay), nor his army, from Tzor (Tyre), for the avodah that he had served against it;

Zechariah 9:2And Chamat at its border; 1 Tzor and Tzidon, though it be very wise. 1

Matthew 11:24Nevertheless, I say to you, it will be more bearable for the land of S'dom on Yom HaDin than for you.

Luke 10:14But for Tzor and Tzidon it will be more bearable in the Yom HaDin than for you.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 11:17-25

Christ Reproaches Chorazin, &c.. 16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of… Read the whole commentary →

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