Ezekiel 12:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The people of the land - Chaldaea. Of the inhabitants - In respect to “the inhabitants.” Desolate from, all that is therein - i. e., stripped of all its inhabitants and of all its wealth....

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• Ezekiel 12:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Straits of the Siege. In another message whose symbols resemble those of Ezekiel 4:10 f., Ezekiel 4:16 f., he seeks to bring home to them the certain and horrible privations of the siege.

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• Ezekiel 12:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the cities... shall be laid waste. Reference to Pentateuch ( Leviticus 26:31 ). App-92. ye shall know, &c. See note on Ezekiel 6:7 .

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• Ezekiel 12:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  He pursues the same sentiment. He had threatened destruction to Jerusalem and its citizens: he now adds the other cities of Judah which were still inhabited. Lastly, he speaks of the whole land...

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• Ezekiel 12:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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.

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• Ezekiel 12:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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. The cities that are inhabited - left in Judea after the destructio...

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• Ezekiel 12:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Symbols of Exile, Flight, and Famine Ezekiel's audience being blind to the meaning of the vision he has just described, he is commanded to give them, in new symbolic actions, a further representat...

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• Ezekiel 12:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The prophet was next commanded to act in the sight of the people as an exile going forth from his country, preparing "stuff for removing," and carrying it forth from place to place. He obeyed the com...

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• Ezekiel 12:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  We have here another sermon of the Prophet; which though short is solemn, and full of significance. The whole nation of Israel is under divine correction. The portion already carried away into Babylo...

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• Ezekiel 12:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste ,.... Not only the city of Jerusalem, but the other cities of Judea; as they were by the Chaldeans, which were then full of inhabitants: and t...

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• Ezekiel 12:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 20. And ye shall know. ] By woeful experience. Eze 12:15

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• Ezekiel 12:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Prediction of the Famine. B. C. 593.       17 Moreover the word of the L ORD came to me, sa...

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• Ezekiel 12:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The cities, the lesser cities up and down the land, which now are and will be inhabited when Jerusalem is destroyed, shall be wasted with the sword, as the word seems to imply. Then shall you, wh...

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• Ezekiel 12:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  “And say to the people of the land, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the land of Israel. They will eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with d...

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• Ezekiel 12:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  (2.) THE SYMBOL FROM BREAD AND WATER ( Ezekiel 12:17-20 ) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The prophet is commanded to take his ordinary meals as a man under great apprehensions. It is not, as in chap. Ezekiel 4:...

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• Ezekiel 12:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Ezekiel 12:3 . Son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing. Bring out thy goods ready packed up, and place the baggage before thy door. As the captives on the Chebar would neither see nor hear the...

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• Ezekiel 12:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Ezekiel 12:1 The word of the Lord, etc. This formula, so familiar in Isaiah and Jeremiah, appears for the first time in Ezekiel, but occurs repeatedly afterwards, especially in...

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• Ezekiel 12:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Sign of Bread and Water

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• Ezekiel 12:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Daniel 9:17 ; Ezekiel 15:6 ; Ezekiel 15:8 ; Isaiah 24:12 ; Isaiah 24:3 ; Isaiah 3:26 ; Isaiah 64:10 ; Isaiah 64:11 ; Isaiah 7:23 ; Isaiah 7:24 ; Jeremiah 12:10-12 ; Jeremiah 16:9 ; Jerem...

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