Ezekiel 12:20
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"The inhabitedהַנֹּֽושָׁבֹות֙
(han·no·v·sha·vo·vt)
3427: to sit, remain, dwella prim. root
citiesוְהֶעָרִ֤ים
(ve·he·'a·rim)
5892b: city, townof uncertain derivation
will be laid wasteתֶּחֱרַ֔בְנָה
(te·che·rav·nah,)
2717b: to be waste or desolatea prim. root
and the landוְהָאָ֖רֶץ
(ve·ha·'a·retz)
776: earth, landa prim. root
will be a desolation.שְׁמָמָ֣ה
(she·ma·mah)
8077: devastation, wastefrom shamem
So you will knowוִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם
(vi·da'·tem)
3045: to knowa prim. root
that I am the LORD."'"יְהוָֽה׃
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah


















KJV Lexicon
And the cities
`iyr  (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
that are inhabited
yashab  (yaw-shab')
to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
shall be laid waste
charab  (khaw-rab')
to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill -- decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.
and the land
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
shall be desolate
shmamah  (shem-aw-maw')
devastation; figuratively, astonishment -- (laid, most) desolate(-ion), waste.
and ye shall know
yada`  (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
that I am the LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"The inhabited cities will be laid waste and the land will be a desolation. So you will know that I am the LORD."'"

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The inhabited cities will be destroyed, and the land will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am Yahweh."

International Standard Version
The towns that are inhabited will lie in ruins, because the land will be devastated. Then they'll learn that I am the LORD."'"

NET Bible
The inhabited towns will be left in ruins and the land will be devastated. Then you will know that I am the LORD.'"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The cities where people live will be destroyed, and the country will become a wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD.'"

King James 2000 Bible
And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
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