Parallel Verses
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." '"
New American Standard Bible
The inhabited
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.
Holman Bible
The inhabited cities will be destroyed, and the land will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”
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.
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.'
Themes
Instruction » Eating and drinking sparingly
Interlinear
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References
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 12:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ezekiel Dramatizes Israel's Anxiety
19 And you must say to the people of the land, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh to the inhabitants of Jerusalem about the land of Israel: "They will eat their food with anxiety and their water they will drink with horror, because their land will be desolate from its fullness because of all the violence of {those who are dwelling in it}. 20 And {the inhabited cites will be desolate}, and the land will be a desolation, and you will know that I [am] Yahweh." '" 21 And the word of Yahweh {came} to me, {saying},
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Cross References
Isaiah 7:23-24
And this shall happen on that day: Every place where there are a thousand vines for a thousand silver [pieces] will become briers, and it will be thornbushes.
Jeremiah 4:7
A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has gone out from his place to make your land as a horror, your cities will go to ruin {without} inhabitant.
Isaiah 3:26
And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall be banished; she shall sit upon the ground.
Jeremiah 25:9
look, I [am] going to send and take all [the] clans of [the] north,' {declares} Yahweh, 'and [I will send] to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations all around, and I will destroy them, and I will make them a horror, and [an object of] hissing, and {everlasting ruins}.
Isaiah 24:3
The earth shall be utterly laid waste, and it shall be utterly plundered, for Yahweh has spoken this word.
Isaiah 24:12
Desolation is left in the city; [the] gate is crushed [into] a state of ruin.
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 behold, it was wasteland and emptiness, and to the heavens, and [they were] without their light.
Jeremiah 12:10-12
Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trampled down my plot of land. They have made {my pleasant field} like the desert of desolation.
Jeremiah 16:9
For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, "Look, I [am] about to cause to disappear from this place, before your eyes and in your days, [the] voice of jubilation, and [the] voice of joy, and [the] voice of [the] bridegroom, and [the] voice of [the] bride.
Jeremiah 19:11
And you shall say to them, 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts: "So I will break this people and this city as one breaks the vessel of the potter, [so] that it is not able to be repaired again. And in Topheth they will bury {until there is no room to bury}.
Jeremiah 24:8-10
But like the bad figs that cannot be eaten because of [their] bad quality--for thus says Yahweh--so I will treat Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who live in the land of Egypt.
Jeremiah 34:22
Look, I [am] going to command,' {declares} Yahweh, 'and I will bring them back to this city, and they will fight against it, and they will capture it, and they will burn it with fire, and the towns of Judah I will make a desolation {without} an inhabitant.'"
Lamentations 5:18
Because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, {foxes tread on it}.
Ezekiel 15:6
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: {Just like} the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest which I gave to the fire for fuel, so I have given the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 15:8
And I will make the land desolation because {they acted very unfaithfully}!" {declares} the Lord Yahweh.
Daniel 9:17
"And now, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy. Shine your face upon your desolate sanctuary {for your sake, O Lord}.