Ezekiel 12:20

And the inhabited cities shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate, that ye may know that I am Jehovah.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

In Context

19and say to the people of the land: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel; their bread shall they eat with carefulness, and their water shall they drink with astonishment; that their land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of them that dwell in it.

21And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

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Cross References

Isaiah 3:26Her gates shall lament and mourn, And she, being desolate, shall sit upon the ground.

Isaiah 24:3The land is utterly emptied and utterly plundered; For Jehovah hath spoken this word.

Isaiah 64:10Thy holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

Jeremiah 4:23I look to the earth, and lo! emptiness and desolation; To the heavens, and there is no light.

Jeremiah 16:9For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am about to cause to cease from this place, Before your eyes, in your days, The voice of joy and the voice of mirth, The voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the 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 →

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