20The inhabited towns will be laid waste and the land will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD .' "


In Context

17 The word of the LORD came to me:

18 "Son of man, tremble as you eat your food, and shudder in fear as you drink your water.

19 Say to the people of the land: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: They will eat their food in anxiety and drink their water in despair, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who live there.

20 The inhabited towns will be laid waste and the land will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD .' "

21 The word of the LORD came to me:

22 "Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel: 'The days go by and every vision comes to nothing'?

Ezekiel 12:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:20And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:20And the cities that are now inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate: and you shall know that I am the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:20And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:20And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:20And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:20And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:20The cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:20And the cities that are inhabited are laid waste, and the land is a desolation, and ye have known that I am Jehovah.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:20And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and you shall know that I am the LORD.