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Ezekiel 12:20 Interlinear

“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”

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Ezekiel 12 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְהֶעָרִ֤ים	H5892	And the cities	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
2	הַנּֽוֹשָׁבוֹת֙	H3427	that are inhabited	properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
3	תֶּחֱרַ֔בְנָה	H2717	shall be laid waste	to parch (through drought) i.e., (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
4	וְהָאָ֖רֶץ	H776	and the land	the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
5	שְׁמָמָ֣ה	H8077	shall be desolate	devastation; figuratively, astonishment
6	תִֽהְיֶ֑ה	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
7	וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם	H3045	and ye shall know	to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
8	כִּֽי	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
9	אֲנִ֥י	H589		i
10	יְהוָֽה׃	H3068	that I am the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

Ezekiel 12:20 (current)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