Ezekiel 7:4

7:4 My eye will not pity you; I will not spare ¹  you. ²  For I will hold you responsible for your behavior, ³  and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. ⁴  Then you will know that I am the Lord!

Ezekiel 7:9

7:9 My eye will not pity you; I will not spare ⁵  you. For your behavior I will hold you accountable, ⁶  and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who is striking you. ⁷ 

Ezekiel 11:12

11:12 Then you will know that I am the Lord, whose statutes you have not followed and whose regulations you have not carried out. Instead you have behaved according to the regulations of the nations around you!’”

Ezekiel 13:14

13:14 I will break down the wall you coated with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. When it falls you will be destroyed beneath it, ⁸  and you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 14:8

14:8 I will set my face against that person and will make him an object lesson and a byword ⁹  and will cut him off from among my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 15:7

15:7 I will set ¹⁰  my face against them – although they have escaped from the fire, ¹¹  the fire will still consume them! Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.

Ezekiel 17:21

17:21 All the choice men ¹²  among his troops will die ¹³  by the sword and the survivors will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken!

Ezekiel 20:38

20:38 I will eliminate from among you the rebels and those who revolt ¹⁴  against me. I will bring them out from the land where they have been residing, but they will not come to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 20:42

20:42 Then you will know that I am the Lord when I bring you to the land of Israel, to the land I swore ¹⁵  to give to your fathers.

Ezekiel 20:44

20:44 Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for the sake of my reputation and not according to your wicked conduct and corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Ezekiel 22:22

22:22 As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted in it, and you will know that I, the Lord, have poured out my anger on you.’”

Ezekiel 24:24

24:24 Ezekiel will be an object lesson for you; you will do all that he has done. When it happens, then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord.’

Ezekiel 25:5

25:5 I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon ¹⁶  a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 36:11

36:11 I will increase the number of people and animals on you; they will increase and be fruitful. ¹⁷  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. ¹⁸  Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 37:6

37:6 I will put tendons ¹⁹  on you and muscles over you and will cover you with skin; I will put breath ²⁰  in you and you will live. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

Ezekiel 37:14

37:14 I will place my breath ²¹  in you and you will live; I will give you rest in your own land. Then you will know that I am the Lord – I have spoken and I will act, declares the Lord.’”

[7:4]  ¹ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.

[7:4]  ² tn The pronoun “you” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.

[7:4]  ³ tn “I will set your behavior on your head.”

[7:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “and your abominable practices will be among you.”

[7:9]  ⁵ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.

[7:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “According to your behavior I will place on you.”

[7:9]  ⁷ tn The MT lacks “you.” It has been added for clarification.

[13:14]  ⁹ tn Or “within it,” referring to the city of Jerusalem.

[14:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “proverbs.”

[15:7]  ¹⁷ tn The word translated “set” is the same Hebrew word translated as “provide” in the previous verse.

[15:7]  ¹⁸ sn This escape refers to the exile of Ezekiel and others in 597 b.c. (Ezek 1:2; 2 Kgs 24:10-16).

[17:21]  ²¹ tc Some manuscripts and versions read “choice men,” while most manuscripts read “fugitives”; the difference arises from the reversal, or metathesis, of two letters, מִבְרָחָיו (mivrakhyv) for מִבְחָריו (mivkharyv).

[17:21]  ²² tn Heb “fall.”

[20:38]  ²⁵ tn See the note at 2:3.

[20:42]  ²⁹ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[25:5]  ³³ tn Heb “the sons of Ammon.”

[36:11]  ³⁷ sn These verbs occur together in Gen 1:22, 28; 9:1.

[36:11]  ³⁸ tn Heb “your beginning.”

[37:6]  ⁴¹ tn The exact physiological meaning of the term is uncertain. In addition to v. 8, the term occurs only in Gen 32:33; Job 10:11; 40:17; and Jer 48:4.

[37:6]  ⁴² tn Or “a spirit.”

[37:14]  ⁴⁵ tn Or “spirit.” This is likely an allusion to Gen 2 and God’s breath which creates life.