Ezekiel 12:20

American Standard Version

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.

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Ezekiel 12:20 in other translations

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

Ezekiel 12:20 · World English Bible

Ezekiel 12:20 in context

  1. 18Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with fearfulness;
  2. 19and say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink their water in dismay, that her land may be desolate, and despoiled of all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.
  3. 20And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
  4. 21And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
  5. 22Son of man, what is this proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?