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And the inhabitedוְ הַנּוֹשָׁבוֹתcitiesהֶעָרִיםwill be laid waste,תֶּחֱרַבְנָהand the landוְהָאָרֶץwill beתִהְיֶהa desolation;שְׁמָמָהand you will knowוִידַעְתֶּםthatכִּיI amאֲנִיYHWH.’”יְהוָה
Ezekiel 12:20
Study it in the app“And the inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will be a desolation; and you will know that I am YHWH.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 12:20, word by word
- And the inhabitedנּוֹשָׁבוֹתnoshavot
be inhabited
For a land to be inhabited.
Where else “noshavot” appears- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- will be laid wasteתֶּחֱרַבְנָהtecheravna
lie in ruins
To be left in ruins.
Where else “techeravna” appears- and the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- will beתִהְיֶהtihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appears- a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama
desolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appears- and you will knowידַעְתֶּםydatem
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “ydatem” appears- YHWH.’יְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears
The context
19And say to the people of the land, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, concerning the ground of Israel: Their bread with anxiety they will eat, and their water appalled they will drink, so that its land may be desolate of its fullness because of the violence of all those who live in it.
20 · This verse (above)
21And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,