Ezekiel 12:20
The towns will be destroyed, and the countryside turned into a wasteland. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”
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21Another message from the Lord came to me, saying,
Cross References
Leviticus 26:31I will demolish your towns and destroy your pagan sanctuaries, and I will refuse to accept your sacrifices.
Isaiah 3:26The gates of Zion will cry and mourn. The city will be like a banished woman sitting on the ground.
Isaiah 24:3The earth will be completely laid waste and looted. This is what the Lord has said.
Isaiah 64:10Your holy cities have been turned into a wilderness; Zion has become a desert; yes, even Jerusalem is an abandoned ruin.
Jeremiah 4:23I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; I looked to the heavens, and its light was gone.
Jeremiah 16:9This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am going to put a stop right here, while you watch, to any sounds of celebration and joy, the happy voices of the groom and bride.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 12:18-21
Prediction of the Famine. ( b. c. 593.) 17 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 18 Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; 19 And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein. 20… Read the whole commentary →