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Good News Translation
Ezekiel 35:4
I will leave your cities in ruins And your land desolate; Then you will know that I am the Lord .
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Christian Standard Bible®
I will turn your cities into ruins,and you will become a desolation.Then you will know that I am the Lord.
I will turn your cities into ruins,and you will become a desolation.Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Hebrew Names Version
I will lay your cities waste, and you shall be desolate; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
I will lay your cities waste, and you shall be desolate; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
King James Version
I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord .
I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord .
English Standard Version
I will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the Lord .
I will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the Lord .
New American Standard Bible
"I will turn your cities to ruins, And you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
"I will turn your cities to ruins, And you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
New Century Version
I will destroy your cities, and you will become empty. Then you will know that I am the Lord .
I will destroy your cities, and you will become empty. Then you will know that I am the Lord .
Amplified Bible
"I will destroy your cities And you will become a wasteland. Then you shall know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD.
"I will destroy your cities And you will become a wasteland. Then you shall know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I wil lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, & thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord.
I wil lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, & thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I will lay waste your cities And you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
"I will lay waste your cities And you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Legacy Standard Bible
I will lay waste your cities,And you will become a desolation.Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
I will lay waste your cities,And you will become a desolation.Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Contemporary English Version
leaving your towns in ruins. Your land will be a desert, and then you will know that I am the Lord .
leaving your towns in ruins. Your land will be a desert, and then you will know that I am the Lord .
Complete Jewish Bible
I will make your cities ruins and make you an utter waste, and you will know that I am Adonai .
I will make your cities ruins and make you an utter waste, and you will know that I am Adonai .
Darby Translation
I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be a desolation: and thou shalt know that I [am] Jehovah.
I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be a desolation: and thou shalt know that I [am] Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
I will destroy your cities, and you will become empty. Then you will know that I am the Lord .
I will destroy your cities, and you will become empty. Then you will know that I am the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
And I will lay your cities waste, and you shall be desolate, and you shall know that I am the LORD.
And I will lay your cities waste, and you shall be desolate, and you shall know that I am the LORD.
Lexham English Bible
Your cities I will make ruins, and you will be a desolation, and then you will know that I am Yahweh,
Your cities I will make ruins, and you will be a desolation, and then you will know that I am Yahweh,
Literal Translation
I will lay your cities waste, and you shall be a ruin. And they shall know that I am Jehovah.
I will lay your cities waste, and you shall be a ruin. And they shall know that I am Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thy cities wil I breake downe, & thou shalt lye voyde: that thou mayest knowe, how that I am the LORDE.
Thy cities wil I breake downe, & thou shalt lye voyde: that thou mayest knowe, how that I am the LORDE.
American Standard Version
I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.
I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
I will make your towns unpeopled and you will be a waste; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
I will make your towns unpeopled and you will be a waste; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thy cities wyll I laye waste, & thou shalt lye voyde, that thou mayst knowe howe that I am the Lorde,
Thy cities wyll I laye waste, & thou shalt lye voyde, that thou mayst knowe howe that I am the Lorde,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will cause desolation in thy cities, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
And I will cause desolation in thy cities, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
English Revised Version
I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
World English Bible
I will lay your cities waste, and you shall be desolate; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
I will lay your cities waste, and you shall be desolate; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y schal distrie thi citees, and thou schalt be forsakun; and thou schalt wite, that Y am the Lord.
Y schal distrie thi citees, and thou schalt be forsakun; and thou schalt wite, that Y am the Lord.
Update Bible Version
I will lay your cities waste, and you shall be desolate; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
I will lay your cities waste, and you shall be desolate; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD.
I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD.
New English Translation
I will lay waste your cities; and you will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord !
I will lay waste your cities; and you will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord !
New King James Version
I shall lay your cities waste, And you shall be desolate. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.
I shall lay your cities waste, And you shall be desolate. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.
New Living Translation
I will demolish your cities and make you desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord .
I will demolish your cities and make you desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord .
New Life Bible
I will destroy your cities, and you will become a waste. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
I will destroy your cities, and you will become a waste. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
New Revised Standard
I lay your towns in ruins; you shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the Lord .
I lay your towns in ruins; you shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thy cities, will I lay waste, And thou - a desolation, shalt become, So shalt thou know that I, am Yahweh.
Thy cities, will I lay waste, And thou - a desolation, shalt become, So shalt thou know that I, am Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I will destroy thy cities, and thou shalt be desolate: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
I will destroy thy cities, and thou shalt be desolate: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
I will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
I will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
Thy cities a waste I make, and thou art a desolation, And thou hast known that I [am] Jehovah.
Thy cities a waste I make, and thou art a desolation, And thou hast known that I [am] Jehovah.
Contextual Overview
1 The Lord spoke to me. 2 "Mortal man," he said, "denounce the country of Edom. 3 Tell the people what I, the Sovereign Lord , am saying: "I am your enemy, mountains of Edom! I will make you a desolate wasteland. 4 I will leave your cities in ruins And your land desolate; Then you will know that I am the Lord . 5 "You were Israel's constant enemy and let her people be slaughtered in the time of her disaster, the time of final punishment for her sins. 6 So then—as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord , am the living God—death is your fate, and you cannot escape it. You are guilty of murder, and murder will follow you. 7 I will make the hill country of Edom a wasteland and kill everyone who travels through it. 8 I will cover the mountains with corpses, and the bodies of those who are killed in battle will cover the hills and valleys. 9 I will make you desolate forever, and no one will live in your cities again. Then you will know that I am the Lord .
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
lay: Ezekiel 35:9, Ezekiel 6:6, Joel 3:19, Malachi 1:3, Malachi 1:4
and thou: Ezekiel 35:9, Ezekiel 35:12, Ezekiel 6:7, Exodus 9:14, Exodus 14:4
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 35:15 - shalt
Cross-References
Genesis 35:2
So Jacob said to his family and to all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods that you have; purify yourselves and put on clean clothes.
So Jacob said to his family and to all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods that you have; purify yourselves and put on clean clothes.
Genesis 35:4
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that they had and also the earrings that they were wearing. He buried them beneath the oak tree near Shechem.
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that they had and also the earrings that they were wearing. He buried them beneath the oak tree near Shechem.
Genesis 35:24
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
Genesis 35:25
The sons of Rachel's slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
The sons of Rachel's slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
Genesis 35:26
The sons of Leah's slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These sons were born in Mesopotamia.
The sons of Leah's slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These sons were born in Mesopotamia.
Genesis 35:27
Jacob went to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had lived.
Jacob went to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had lived.
Exodus 32:20
He took the bull-calf which they had made, melted it, ground it into fine powder, and mixed it with water. Then he made the people of Israel drink it.
He took the bull-calf which they had made, melted it, ground it into fine powder, and mixed it with water. Then he made the people of Israel drink it.
Deuteronomy 7:5
So then, tear down their altars, break their sacred stone pillars in pieces, cut down their symbols of the goddess Asherah, and burn their idols.
So then, tear down their altars, break their sacred stone pillars in pieces, cut down their symbols of the goddess Asherah, and burn their idols.
Deuteronomy 7:25
Burn their idols. Do not desire the silver or gold that is on them, and do not take it for yourselves. If you do, that will be fatal, because the Lord hates idolatry.
Burn their idols. Do not desire the silver or gold that is on them, and do not take it for yourselves. If you do, that will be fatal, because the Lord hates idolatry.
Judges 9:6
Then all the men of Shechem and Bethmillo got together and went to the sacred oak tree at Shechem, where they made Abimelech king.
Then all the men of Shechem and Bethmillo got together and went to the sacred oak tree at Shechem, where they made Abimelech king.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I will lay thy cities waste,.... Such as Dedan, Teman, Bozrah, and other cities of Idumea mentioned in Scripture; and figuratively may design all within the jurisdiction of Rome, the several cities of the antichristian states, called "the cities of the nations"; which will fall at the pouring out of the vials, Revelation 16:19:
and thou shalt be desolate; thoroughly and entirely, and remain so:
and thou shalt know that I am the Lord; that has done all this; that the hand of God was in it; and that this is a punishment inflicted by him, for their sins after mentioned; but not that they should know the Lord spiritually and savingly, and so as to yield obedience to him, and own and acknowledge him to be their God; though this may be the case of a remnant among them; see Revelation 11:13.
