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
20 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.