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Ezekiel 35:4
I will lay waste your cities; and you will become 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.
Good News Translation
I will leave your cities in ruins And your land desolate; Then you will know that I am the Lord .
I will leave your cities in ruins And your land desolate; Then you will 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 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 word of the Lord came to me: 2 "Son of man, turn toward Mount Seir, and prophesy against it. 3 Say to it, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: "‘Look, I am against you, Mount Seir; I will stretch out my hand against you and turn you into a desolate ruin. 4 I will lay waste your cities; and you will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord ! 5 "‘You have shown unrelenting hostility and poured the people of Israel onto the blades of a sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment. 6 Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord , I will subject you to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you. 7 I will turn Mount Seir into a desolate ruin; I will cut off from it the one who passes through or returns. 8 I will fill its mountains with its dead; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines, those killed by the sword will fall. 9 I will turn you into a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. 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 told his household and all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.
So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.
Genesis 35:4
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their possession and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their possession and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak 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 Bilhah, Rachel's servant, were Dan and Naphtali.
The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant, were Dan and Naphtali.
Genesis 35:26
The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
Genesis 35:27
So Jacob came back to his father Isaac in Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
So Jacob came back to his father Isaac in Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
Exodus 32:20
He took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, poured it out on the water, and made the Israelites drink it.
He took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, poured it out on the water, and made the Israelites drink it.
Deuteronomy 7:5
Instead, this is what you must do to them: You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, cut down their sacred Asherah poles, and burn up their idols.
Instead, this is what you must do to them: You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, cut down their sacred Asherah poles, and burn up their idols.
Deuteronomy 7:25
You must burn the images of their gods, but do not covet the silver and gold that covers them so much that you take it for yourself and thus become ensnared by it; for it is abhorrent to the Lord your God.
You must burn the images of their gods, but do not covet the silver and gold that covers them so much that you take it for yourself and thus become ensnared by it; for it is abhorrent to the Lord your God.
Judges 9:6
All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem.
All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem.
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.
