Ezekiel 12:20

20 The inhabited cities shall be laid waste, and the land shall become a desolation; and you shall 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 Mortal, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with fearfulness;

19 and say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink their water in dismay, because their land shall be stripped of all it contains, on account of the violence of all those who live in it.

20 The inhabited cities shall be laid waste, and the land shall become a desolation; and you shall know that I am the Lord.

21 The word of the Lord came to me:

22 Mortal, what is this proverb of yours about the land of Israel, which says, "The days are prolonged, and every vision comes to nothing"?