Ezekiel 12:20

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.

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19And 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.

21And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:31And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

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

Isaiah 24:3The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.

Isaiah 64:10Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

Jeremiah 4:23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

Jeremiah 16:9For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, 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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