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Ezekiel 35:9
"I will make you an everlasting desolation and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD.
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Christian Standard Bible®
I will make you a perpetual desolation; your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
I will make you a perpetual desolation; your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Hebrew Names Version
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
King James Version
I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the Lord .
I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the Lord .
English Standard Version
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord .
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord .
New American Standard Bible
"I will make you a permanent desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
"I will make you a permanent desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
New Century Version
I will make you a ruin forever; no one will live in your cities. Then you will know that I am the Lord .
I will make you a ruin forever; no one will live in your cities. Then you will know that I am the Lord .
Geneva Bible (1587)
I wil make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not returne, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lord.
I wil make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not returne, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lord.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I will make you an everlasting desolation and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
"I will make you an everlasting desolation and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Legacy Standard Bible
I will make you an everlasting desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
I will make you an everlasting desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Contemporary English Version
and your land will lie in ruins forever. No one will live in your towns ever again. You will know that I am the Lord .
and your land will lie in ruins forever. No one will live in your towns ever again. You will know that I am the Lord .
Complete Jewish Bible
I will turn you into perpetual ruins; your cities will not return; and you will know that I am Adonai .
I will turn you into perpetual ruins; your cities will not return; and you will know that I am Adonai .
Darby Translation
I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not be inhabited: and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.
I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not be inhabited: and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
I will make you empty forever. No one will live in your cities. Then you will know that I am the Lord ."
I will make you empty forever. No one will live in your cities. Then you will know that I am the Lord ."
George Lamsa Translation
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
Good News Translation
I will make you desolate forever, and no one will live in your cities again. Then you will know that I am the Lord .
I will make you desolate forever, and no one will live in your cities again. Then you will know that I am the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
An everlasting desolation I will make you, and your cities will not return, and you will know that I am Yahweh.
An everlasting desolation I will make you, and your cities will not return, and you will know that I am Yahweh.
Literal Translation
I will make you ruins forever, and your cities shall not be inhabited. And you shall know that I am Jehovah.
I will make you ruins forever, and your cities shall not be inhabited. And you shall know that I am Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I wil make the a perpetuall wildernesse, so that noman shal dwell in thy cities: yt ye maye knowe, how yt I am the LORDE.
I wil make the a perpetuall wildernesse, so that noman shal dwell in thy cities: yt ye maye knowe, how yt I am the LORDE.
American Standard Version
I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
I will make you waste for ever, and your towns will be unpeopled: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
I will make you waste for ever, and your towns will be unpeopled: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
I will make thee perpetuall desolations, & thy cities shall not returne, and ye shal know that I am the Lord
I will make thee perpetuall desolations, & thy cities shall not returne, and ye shal know that I am the Lord
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I wyll make thee a perpetuall wildernes, so that thy cities shal not returne: that ye may knowe that I am the Lorde.
I wyll make thee a perpetuall wildernes, so that thy cities shal not returne: that ye may knowe that I am the Lorde.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited any more: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited any more: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
English Revised Version
I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not be inhabited: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not be inhabited: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
World English Bible
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y schal yyue thee in to euerlastynge wildirnessis, and thi citees schulen not be enhabitid; and ye schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God.
Y schal yyue thee in to euerlastynge wildirnessis, and thi citees schulen not be enhabitid; and ye schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God.
Update Bible Version
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
New English Translation
I will turn you into a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord .
I will turn you into a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord .
New King James Version
I will make you perpetually desolate, and your cities shall be uninhabited; then you shall know that I am the LORD.
I will make you perpetually desolate, and your cities shall be uninhabited; then you shall know that I am the LORD.
New Living Translation
I will make you desolate forever. Your cities will never be rebuilt. Then you will know that I am the Lord .
I will make you desolate forever. Your cities will never be rebuilt. Then you will know that I am the Lord .
New Life Bible
I will destroy you forever, and no one will live in your cities. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
I will destroy you forever, and no one will live in your cities. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
New Revised Standard
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall never be inhabited. Then you shall know that I am the Lord .
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall never be inhabited. Then you shall know that I am the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Desolations age-abiding, will I make thee, And thy cities, shall not be inhabited,- shall ye know that I, am Yahweh.
Desolations age-abiding, will I make thee, And thy cities, shall not be inhabited,- shall ye know that I, am Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I will make thee everlasting desolations, and thy cities shall not be inhabited: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord God.
I will make thee everlasting desolations, and thy cities shall not be inhabited: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord God.
Revised Standard Version
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
Desolations age-during I make thee, And thy cities do not return, And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.
Desolations age-during I make thee, And thy cities do not return, And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.
Contextual Overview
1Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2"Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir (Edom), and prophesy against it 3and say to it, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, Mount Seir, I am against you, And I will stretch out My hand against you And make you completely desolate. 4"I will destroy your cities And you will become a wasteland. Then you shall know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD. 5"Because you [descendants of Esau] have had an everlasting hatred [for Jacob (Israel)] and you handed over the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their tragedy, at the time of their final punishment [the Babylonian conquest], 6therefore, as I live," says the Lord GOD, "I will hand you over to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you since you have not hated bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you. 7"I will make Mount Seir (Edom) a ruin and a desolate wasteland and I will cut off from it the one who passes through it and the one who returns. 8"I will fill its mountains with its slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, and in your valleys, and in all your ravines. 9"I will make you an everlasting desolation and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I will make: After being subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, about five years after the destruction of Jerusalem, many of the Edomites, during the Babylonian captivity, being driven from their ancient habitation by the Nabatheans, seized upon the south-western part of Judea; but afterwards they were conquered by Hyrcanus, and reduced to the necessity of embracing the Jewish religion; and at last became either incorporated with that nation, or swallowed up and lost among the Nabathean Arabs, so that the very name was abolished and disused about the end of the first century after Christ. Their country is now barren; and their cities, even Bozra and Petra, totally demolished and in ruins.
perpetual: Ezekiel 35:4, Ezekiel 25:13, Jeremiah 49:17, Jeremiah 49:18, Zephaniah 2:9, Malachi 1:3, Malachi 1:4
and ye: Ezekiel 6:7, Ezekiel 7:4, Ezekiel 7:9, Ezekiel 36:11
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 25:12 - perpetual Jeremiah 51:62 - to cut Ezekiel 25:5 - and ye Ezekiel 35:7 - most desolate Ezekiel 35:12 - And thou Ezekiel 35:15 - and they Ezekiel 37:6 - ye shall
Cross-References
Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your descendants." So Abram built an altar there to [honor] the LORD who had appeared to him.
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your descendants." So Abram built an altar there to [honor] the LORD who had appeared to him.
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty; Walk [habitually] before Me [with integrity, knowing that you are always in My presence], and be blameless and complete [in obedience to Me].
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty; Walk [habitually] before Me [with integrity, knowing that you are always in My presence], and be blameless and complete [in obedience to Me].
Genesis 18:1
Now the LORD appeared to Abraham by the terebinth trees of Mamre [in Hebron], while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day.
Now the LORD appeared to Abraham by the terebinth trees of Mamre [in Hebron], while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day.
Genesis 26:2
The LORD appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which I will tell you.
The LORD appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which I will tell you.
Genesis 28:13
And behold, the LORD stood above and around him and said, "I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your [father's] father and the God of Isaac; I will give to you and to your descendants the land [of promise] on which you are lying.
And behold, the LORD stood above and around him and said, "I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your [father's] father and the God of Isaac; I will give to you and to your descendants the land [of promise] on which you are lying.
Genesis 31:3
Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your people, and I will be with you."
Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your people, and I will be with you."
Genesis 32:1
Then as Jacob went on his way, the angels of God met him [to reassure and protect him].
Then as Jacob went on his way, the angels of God met him [to reassure and protect him].
Genesis 35:1
Then God said to Jacob, "Go up to Bethel and live there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you [in a distinct manifestation] when you fled [years ago] from Esau your brother."
Then God said to Jacob, "Go up to Bethel and live there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you [in a distinct manifestation] when you fled [years ago] from Esau your brother."
Genesis 35:2
Then Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Get rid of the [idols and images of] foreign gods that are among you, and ceremonially purify yourselves and change [into fresh] clothes;
Then Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Get rid of the [idols and images of] foreign gods that are among you, and ceremonially purify yourselves and change [into fresh] clothes;
Genesis 35:3
then let us get up and go up to Bethel, and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone."
then let us get up and go up to Bethel, and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return,.... To their former dignity and glory; should not be built and inhabited again, but lie waste for ever: this agrees with what is prophesied of Edom, Malachi 1:4 and will be true of Rome or Babylon when destroyed; it will never rise more, but be like a millstone in the midst of the sea, Revelation 18:21:
and ye shall know that I am the Lord; Revelation 18:21- :.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Return - Or, “be inhabited.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 35:9. Perpetual desolations — Thou shalt have perpetual desolation for thy perpetual hatred.
