Ezekiel 33:33
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New International Version (©2011)
"When all this comes true--and it surely will--then they will know that a prophet has been among them."

New Living Translation (©2007)
But when all these terrible things happen to them--as they certainly will--then they will know a prophet has been among them."

English Standard Version (©2001)
When this comes—and come it will!—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"So when it comes to pass-- as surely it will-- then they will know that a prophet has been in their midst."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Yet when it comes--and it will definitely come--then they will know that a prophet has been among them."

International Standard Version (©2012)
When all of this comes about—and you can be sure that it will!—they'll learn that a prophet has been in their midst."

NET Bible (©2006)
When all this comes true--and it certainly will--then they will know that a prophet was among them."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When all your words come true-and they certainly will come true-these people will know that a prophet has been among them."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And when this comes to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet has been among them.

American King James Version
And when this comes to pass, (see, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet has been among them.

American Standard Version
And when this cometh to pass, (behold, it cometh,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when that which was foretold shall come to pass, (for behold it is coming,) then shall they know that a prophet bath been among them.

Darby Bible Translation
And when this cometh to pass (behold, it will come), then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

English Revised Version
And when this cometh to pass, (behold, it cometh,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

World English Bible
When this comes to pass, (behold, it comes), then shall they know that a prophet has been among them.

Young's Literal Translation
And in its coming in -- lo, it hath come, And they have known that a prophet hath been in their midst!'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

33:30-33 Unworthy and corrupt motives often lead men to the places where the word of God is faithfully preached. Many come to find somewhat to oppose: far more come of curiosity or mere habit. Men may have their hearts changed. But whether men hear or forbear, they will know by the event that a servant of God has been among them. All who will not know the worth of mercies by the improvement of them, will justly be made to know their worth by the want of them.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 33. - When this cometh to pass. The words can scarcely refer to the immediately preceding predictions in Vers. 27, 28, which were primarily addressed to "the people in the waste places," the remnant left in Judah, and we have to go back to the wider, more general teaching of Vers. 10-20. That was the prophet's message of judgment, his call to repentance. When the judgment should come, as it surely would, then they would know, in the bitterness of self-condemnation, that they had been listening, not to a hireling singer, but to a prophet of Jehovah.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when this cometh to pass,.... The prophecy before delivered out, concerning the desolations in the land of Israel, by the sword, pestilence, and wild beasts:

lo, it will come; whatever is predicted by the Lord; in the mouth of his prophets, certainly comes to pass: then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them; and acknowledge it; and particularly that Ezekiel was one, a true prophet of the Lord, by the exact accomplishment of his predictions.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

33. when this cometh to pass—when My predictions are verified.

lo, it will come—rather, "lo it is come" (see Eze 33:22).

know—experimentally, and to their cost.

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Explanation of Jerusalem's Fall
…31And they come to you as the people comes, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness. 32And, see, you are to them as a very lovely song of one that has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear your words, but they do them not. 33And when this comes to pass, (see, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet has been among them.

Jeremiah 28:9 But the prophet who prophesies peace will be recognized as one truly sent by the LORD only if his prediction comes true."
Ezekiel 2:5 And whether they listen or fail to listen--for they are a rebellious people--they will know that a prophet has been among them.
Ezekiel 33:29 Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the detestable things they have done.'
Ezekiel 34:1 The word of the LORD came to me: