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Ezekiel 33:29

in Ezekiel 33

Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations they have committed.’

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then shall they know that I am Jehovah, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.

KJV

Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

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This verse in Ezekiel 33

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

those in the ruins will fall by the sword

on Ezekiel 33:27-29

The sentence answers the claim of verse 24: the sword for “those in the ruins”, wild animals for the open field, and plague. Verse 28 extends the desolation to the land. Henry marks verse 29, “Then they will know that I am the LORD”, as the formula closing the unit.

This site's exposition

because of all the abominations

Leviticus 18:24-28 warned that a land defiled by abominations would vomit out its people. The desolation here is that warning come true. The land itself bears witness.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers2 voices

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

After Jerusalem was captured and the temple destroyed, the poor of the land, of whom Jeremiah writes, were left alone in Jerusalem to cultivate vineyards and fields and to dwell in the ruins of the burned city. And although they should have repented for the reasons for their captivity, they deceived themselves with empty hope, saying: Our father Abraham was one, and yet he possessed this land as an inheritance, not because he himself possessed it, but because his descendants received the land of promise. If, therefore, he alone was multiplied into so many peoples, we who are left behind in the land of Judea, and dwell in desolate and ruined cities, will certainly be multiplied much more, so that we may possess more than he possessed alone.

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 23 onwards) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, those who dwell in these ruined places in the land of Israel speak, saying: Abraham was one, and he possessed the land; but we are many, the land has been given to us as a possession. Therefore, you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: You who eat with blood and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood, shall you inherit the land?

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Then shall they know that I am the Lord,....

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְיָדְע֖וּand they will know

    veyadeuH3045 →945 times

  • כִּֽי־that

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • אֲנִ֣יI

    ʾaniH589 →874 times

  • יְהוָ֑ה[am] Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • בְּתִתִּ֤יwhen make I

    betitiH5414 →2011 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָאָ֙רֶץ֙the land

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • שְׁמָמָ֣הa desolation

    shemamahH8077 →57 times

  • וּמְשַׁמָּ֔הand a waste

    umeshamahH4923 →7 times

  • עַ֥לon

    ʾalH5921 →5755 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • תּוֹעֲבֹתָ֖םabominations their

    toavotamH8441 →117 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עָשֽׂוּ׃ סthey have done

    ʾasuH6213 →2628 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezekiel 6:7The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.3 worksEzekiel 8:6–15“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”2 worksPsalms 83:17–18May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.2 worksZephaniah 3:1–4Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!2 worksEzekiel 22:2–15“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations2 works2 Chronicles 36:14–17Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.2 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Psalms 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah2 worksEzekiel 36:17–18“Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity.2 worksJeremiah 5:25–31Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.2 works2 Kings 17:9–18The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.2 worksEzekiel 23:49They will repay you for your indecency, and you will bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’”2 worksMicah 6:9–12The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it.2 worksEzekiel 7:27The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”2 worksExodus 14:18The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I am honored through Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”2 worksEzekiel 6:11This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.2 worksJeremiah 5:1–9“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.2 worksEzekiel 22:25–31The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.2 worksEzekiel 25:11So I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the LORD.’2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 6:7

    The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 25:33

      Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying…

    • Ezekiel 20:44

      Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt…

    • Psalms 83:17–18

      May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.

    • Ezekiel 11:12

      Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”

    • Ezekiel 38:23

      I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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