Ezekiel 12:20

In 11 translations

BSB

The inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

KJV

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.

WEB

The cities that are inhabited will be laid waste, and the land will be a desolation. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”’”

ASV

And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

LSV

And the cities that are inhabited are laid waste, and the land is a desolation, and you have known that I [am] YHWH.”

YLT

And the cities that are inhabited are laid waste, and the land is a desolation, and ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.'

DBY

And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.

DRC

And the cities that are now inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate: and you shall know that I am the Lord.

GNV

And the cities that are inhabited, shall be left voyde, and the land shall be desolate, and yee shall knowe that I am the Lord.

JPS

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.'

LXXE

And their inhabited cities shall be laid utterly waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

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WLC

וְהֶעָרִ֤ים הַנּֽוֹשָׁבוֹת֙ תֶּחֱרַ֔בְנָה וְהָאָ֖רֶץ שְׁמָמָ֣ה תִֽהְיֶ֑ה וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ αἱ πόλεις αὐτῶν αἱ κατοικούμεναι ἐξερημωθήσονται, καὶ ἡ γῆ εἰς ἀφανισμὸν ἔσται, καὶ ἐπιγνώσεσθε διότι ἐγὼ Κύριος.

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• Jeremiah 4:7A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.
• Isaiah 7:23–24And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found. Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and…
• Isaiah 3:26And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
• Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the…
• Daniel 9:17So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.
• Ezekiel 15:6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 64:10–11Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us…
• Jeremiah 24:8–10But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of…
• Jeremiah 19:11and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth…
• Jeremiah 4:23–29I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light. I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying. I looked, and no man was left;…
• Ezekiel 15:8Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
• Isaiah 24:12The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.
• Jeremiah 16:9For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.
• Jeremiah 12:10–12Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland. They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land…
• Lamentations 5:18because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
• Isaiah 24:3The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.

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