Ezekiel 35 · Verse 4

Ezekiel 35:4

I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 35:4, King James Version

Ezekiel 35:4 in other translations

BSBI will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
WEBI will lay your cities waste, and you will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
ASVI will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.
YLTThy cities a waste I make, and thou art a desolation, And thou hast known that I am Jehovah.
DARBYI will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be a desolation: and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.
BBEI will make your towns unpeopled and you will be a waste; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
WebsterI will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

What does Ezekiel 35:4 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 35:1-9

A prophecy against Edom. Verses 1-9 All who have God against them, have the word of God against them. Those that have a constant hatred to God and his people, as the carnal mind has, can only expect to be made desolate for ever.

Read the full comment on Ezekiel 35:1-9 →

Ezekiel 35:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עָרֶ֙יךָ֙'a.Rei.khacities yourH5892
חָרְבָּ֣הcha.re.Baha ruinH2723
אָשִׂ֔ים'a.SimI will makeH7760
וְאַתָּ֖הve.'a.Tahand youH859
שְׁמָמָ֣הshe.ma.Maha desolationH8077
תִֽהְיֶ֑הtih.Yehyou will beH1961
וְיָדַעְתָּ֖ve.ya.da'.Taand you will knowH3045
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.weh[am] YahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 35:4

  • Ezekiel 35:9

    I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Malachi 1:3-4

    And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation for ever.

  • Exodus 14:4

    And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so.

  • Ezekiel 35:12

    And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.

  • Joel 3:19

    Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

  • Exodus 9:14

    For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.

  • Ezekiel 6:6-7

    In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

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lay.
9; 6:6; Joe 3:19; Mal 1:3,4
and thou.
9,12; 6:7; Ex 9:14; 14:4

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Context

  • Ezekiel 35:3

    And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.

  • Ezekiel 35:4

    I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 35:5

    Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:

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Ezekiel 35:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
A tus ciudades asolaré, y tú serás asolado; y sabrás que yo soy Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Je réduirai tes villes en déserts, et tu seras une désolation; et tu sauras que je suis l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und ich werde deine Städte zur Einöde machen, und du selbst wirst eine Wüste werden. Und du wirst wissen, daß ich Jehova bin. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Urbes tuas demoliar, et tu desertus eris: et scies quia ego Dominus.