Ezekiel 6:7

6:7 The slain will fall among you and then you will know that I am the Lord. ¹ 

Ezekiel 11:8

11:8 You fear the sword, so the sword I will bring against you,’ declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 16:58

16:58 You must bear your punishment for your obscene conduct and your abominable practices, declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 22:16

22:16 You will be profaned within yourself ²  in the sight of the nations; then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

Ezekiel 24:20

24:20 So I said to them: “The word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 25:11

25:11 I will execute judgments against Moab. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”

Ezekiel 30:19

30:19 I will execute judgments on Egypt.

Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”

Ezekiel 34:15

34:15 I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will make them lie down, declares the sovereign Lord.

[6:7]  ¹ sn The phrase you will know that I am the Lord concludes over sixty oracles in the book of Ezekiel and indicates the ultimate goal of God’s action. The phrase is often used in the book of Exodus as well (Exod 7:5; 14:4, 18). By Ezekiel’s day the people had forgotten that the Lord (Yahweh) was their covenant God and had turned to other gods. They had to be reminded that Yahweh alone deserved to be worshiped because only he possessed the power to meet their needs. Through judgment and eventually deliverance, Israel would be reminded that Yahweh alone held their destiny in his hands.

[22:16]  ² tc Several ancient versions read the verb as first person, in which case the Lord refers to how his people’s sin brings disgrace upon him. For a defense of the Hebrew text, see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:712, n. 68, and M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:457-58.