Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

The inhabited cities will be destroyed, and the land will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”

New American Standard Bible

The inhabited cities will be laid waste and the land will be a desolation. So you will know that I am the Lord.”’”

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.

International Standard Version

The towns that are inhabited will lie in ruins, because the land will be devastated. Then they'll learn that I am the LORD."'"

A Conservative 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 LORD.

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.

Amplified

The cities that are inhabited will be in ruins and the land will be deserted; and you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.”’”

Bible in Basic English

And the peopled towns will be made waste, and the land will become a wonder; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

Darby Translation

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.

Julia Smith Translation

And the cities being inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and they knew that I am Jehovah.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

And {the inhabited cites will be desolate}, and the land will be a desolation, and you will know that I [am] Yahweh." '"

Modern King James verseion

And the cities that have people shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate. And you shall know that I am Jehovah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the cities that now be well occupied, shall be void, and the land desolate: that ye may know how that I am the LORD.'"

NET Bible

The inhabited towns will be left in ruins and the land will be devastated. Then you will know that I am the Lord.'"

New Heart English Bible

The cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and you shall know that I am the LORD.'"

The Emphasized Bible

Yea the cities that are inhabited I shall be laid waste, And the land, shall become m astonish- men, - So shall ye know that, I am Yahweh.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

The cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the cities
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

חרב חרב 
Charab 
Usage: 40

and the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

שׁממה שׁממה 
Sh@mamah 
Usage: 57

References

Watsons

Tin

Context Readings

Ezekiel Dramatizes Israel's Anxiety

19 Then say to the people of the land: This is what the Lord God says about the residents of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who live there. 20 The inhabited cities will be destroyed, and the land will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.” 21 Again the word of the Lord came to me:



Cross References

Isaiah 7:23-24

And on that day
every place where there were 1,000 vines,
worth 1,000 pieces of silver,
will become thorns and briers.

Jeremiah 4:7

A lion has gone up from his thicket;
a destroyer of nations has set out.
He has left his lair
to make your land a waste.
Your cities will be reduced to uninhabited ruins.

Isaiah 3:26

Then her gates will lament and mourn;
deserted, she will sit on the ground.


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Jeremiah 25:9

I am going to send for all the families of the north’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘and send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them a desolation, a derision, and ruins forever.

Isaiah 24:3

The earth will be stripped completely bare
and will be totally plundered,
for the Lord has spoken this message.

Isaiah 24:12

Only desolation remains in the city;
its gate has collapsed in ruins.

Isaiah 64:10-11

Your holy cities have become a wilderness;
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.

Jeremiah 4:23-29

I looked at the earth,
and it was formless and empty.
I looked to the heavens,
and their light was gone.

Jeremiah 12:10-12

Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard;
they have trampled My plot of land.
They have turned My desirable plot
into a desolate wasteland.

Jeremiah 16:9

For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am about to eliminate from this place, before your very eyes and in your time, the sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride.

Jeremiah 19:11

and you are to proclaim to them: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: I will shatter these people and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be mended. They will bury the dead in Topheth because there is no other place for burials.

Jeremiah 24:8-10

“But as for the bad figs, so bad they are inedible, this is what the Lord says: in this way I will deal with king Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.

Jeremiah 34:22

I am about to give the command”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. I will make Judah’s cities a desolation, without inhabitant.”

Lamentations 5:18

because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate
and has jackals prowling in it.

Ezekiel 15:6

“Therefore, 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 as fuel, so I will give up the residents of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 15:8

I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Daniel 9:17

Therefore, our God, hear the prayer and the petitions of Your servant. Show Your favor to Your desolate sanctuary for the Lord’s sake.

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