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Then when they are exiled among the nations, they will remember me. They will recognize how hurt I am by their unfaithful hearts and lustful eyes that long for their idols. Then at last they will hate themselves for all their detestable sins.

They will know that I alone am the Lord and that I was serious when I said I would bring this calamity on them.

They will know that I am the Lord when their dead lie scattered among their idols and altars on every hill and mountain and under every green tree and every great shade tree—the places where they offered sacrifices to their idols.

I will crush them and make their cities desolate from the wilderness in the south to Riblah in the north. Then they will know that I am the Lord ."

I will turn my eyes away and show no pity. I will repay you for all your detestable sins. Then you will know that I am the Lord .

The king and the prince will stand helpless, weeping in despair, and the people's hands will tremble with fear. I will bring on them the evil they have done to others, and they will receive the punishment they so richly deserve. Then they will know that I am the Lord ."

You will be slaughtered all the way to the borders of Israel. I will execute judgment on you, and you will know that I am the Lord .

and you will know that I am the Lord . For you have refused to obey my decrees and regulations; instead, you have copied the standards of the nations around you."

And when I scatter them among the nations, they will know that I am the Lord .

But I will spare a few of them from death by war, famine, or disease, so they can confess all their detestable sins to their captors. Then they will know that I am the Lord ."

The cities will be destroyed and the farmland made desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord .'"

For I am the Lord ! If I say it, it will happen. There will be no more delays, you rebels of Israel. I will fulfill my threat of destruction in your own lifetime. I, the Sovereign Lord , have spoken!"

I will raise my fist against all the prophets who see false visions and make lying predictions, and they will be banished from the community of Israel. I will blot their names from Israel's record books, and they will never again set foot in their own land. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord .

I will break down your wall right to its foundation, and when it falls, it will crush you. Then you will know that I am the Lord .

"This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against all your magic charms, which you use to ensnare my people like birds. I will tear them from your arms, setting my people free like birds set free from a cage.

I will tear off the magic veils and save my people from your grasp. They will no longer be your victims. Then you will know that I am the Lord .

Because of all this, you will no longer talk of seeing visions that you never saw, nor will you make predictions. For I will rescue my people from your grasp. Then you will know that I am the Lord ."

I will turn against such people and make a terrible example of them, eliminating them from among my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord .

And I will see to it that if they escape from one fire, they will fall into another. When I turn against them, you will know that I am the Lord .

this is what I am going to do. I will gather together all your allies—the lovers with whom you have sinned, both those you loved and those you hated—and I will strip you naked in front of them so they can stare at you.