Ezekiel 12:20

20 The inhabited cities will be destroyed, and the land will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the Lord."

Ezekiel 12:20 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 12:20

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 the land shall be desolate;
the whole land of Judea be destitute of men and cattle, and lie uncultivated, and become barren and unfruitful: and ye shall know that I [am] the Lord;
who were then captives in Babylon, as well as those who should be dispersed among the nations would; see ( Ezekiel 12:15 Ezekiel 12:16 ) .

Ezekiel 12:20 In-Context

18 "Son of man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with shaking and anxiety.

19 Then say to the people of the land: This is what the Lord God says about the residents of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who live there.

20 The inhabited cities will be destroyed, and the land will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the Lord."

21 Again the word of the Lord came to me:

22 "Son of man, what is this proverb you [people] have about the land of Israel, which goes: The days keep passing by, and every vision fails?