I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Thy cities shall not return - to their former state (Ezekiel 16:55); shall not be restored. [The Hebrew text (Kethibh) reads, 'shall not be inhabited,' tiyshabnaah (cf. Ezekiel 26:20; Malachi 1:3-4), instead of taashobªnaah (H7725).]