Ezekiel 16:52

16:52 So now, bear your disgrace, because you have given your sisters reason to justify their behavior. ¹  Because the sins you have committed were more abominable than those of your sisters; they have become more righteous than you. So now, be ashamed and bear the disgrace of making your sisters appear righteous.

Ezekiel 25:7

25:7 take note, I have stretched out my hand against you, and I will hand you over as plunder ²  to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands. I will destroy you; then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

Ezekiel 28:26

28:26 They will live securely in it; they will build houses and plant vineyards. They will live securely ³  when I execute my judgments on all those who scorn them and surround them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.’”

Ezekiel 30:25

30:25 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the Lord when I place my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon and he extends it against the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 36:11

36:11 I will increase the number of people and animals on you; they will increase and be fruitful. ⁴  I will cause you to be inhabited as in ancient times, and will do more good for you than at the beginning of your history. ⁵  Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 36:23

36:23 I will magnify ⁶  my great name that has been profaned among the nations, that you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the sovereign Lord, when I magnify myself among you in their sight.

[16:52]  ¹ tn Heb “because you have interceded for your sisters with your sins.”

[25:7]  ² tc The translation here follows the marginal reading (Qere) of the Hebrew text. The consonantal text (Kethib) is meaningless.

[28:26]  ³ sn This promise was given in Lev 25:18-19.

[36:11]  ⁴ sn These verbs occur together in Gen 1:22, 28; 9:1.

[36:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “your beginning.”

[36:23]  ⁵ tn Or “sanctify,” Heb “make holy.”