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Ezekiel 12:20 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 12 · verse 20
And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.Ezekiel 12:20 · King James Version
Ezekiel 12:20 in context
18Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
19And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.
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.
21And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
22Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- inhabitedyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- desolateshᵉmâmâhdevastationH8077 →
- citiesʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- wastechârabto parchH2717 →
- landʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- knowyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
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Here again the prophet is made a sign to them of the desolations that were coming on Judah and Jerusalem. 1. He must himself eat and drink in care and fear, especially when he was in company, Eze 12:17, Eze 12:18.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-20