Ezekiel 12:20
20 The inhabited towns will be laid waste and the land will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord.' "
Other Translations of Ezekiel 12:20
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
20 And the inhabited cities shall be laid waste, and the land shall become a desolation; and you shall know that I am the Lord."
The Message
20 All the cities and villages will be emptied out and the fields destroyed. Then you'll realize that I am God.'"
New King James Version
20 Then the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall become desolate; and you shall know that I am the Lord." ' "
New Living Translation
20 The cities will be destroyed and the farmland made desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord .'"
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 12:20
Commentary on Ezekiel 12:17-20
(Read Ezekiel 12:17-20)
The prophet must eat and drink in care and fear, with trembling, that he might express the condition of those in Jerusalem during the siege. When ministers speak of the ruin coming upon sinners, they must speak as those that know the terrors of the Lord. Afflictions are happy ones, however grievous to flesh and blood, that improve us in the knowledge of God.