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Ezekiel 12:15

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And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 15

Though the vision of God's glory had gone up from the prophet, yet his word comes to him still, and is by him sent to the people, and to the same purport with that which was discovered to him in the vision, namely, to set forth the terrible judgments that were coming upon Jerusalem, by which the city and temple should be entirely laid waste. In this chapter, I. The prophet, by removing his stuff, and quitting his lodgings, must be a sign to set forth Zedekiah's flight out of Jerusalem in the utmost confusion when the Chaldeans took the city (v. 1-16). II. The prophet, by eating his meat with trembling, must be a sign to set forth the famine in the city during the siege, and the consternation that the inhabitants should be in (Eze 12:17-20). III. A message is sent from God to the people, to assure them that all these predictions should have their accomplishment very shortly, and not be deferred, as they flattered themselves they would be (Eze 12:21-28).

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Strong's Concordancev. 15

יָדַע (yâdaʻ, H3045) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses,… יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, H3068) — Jehovah, Jewish national name of God פּוּץ (pûwts, H6327) — to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse) גּוֹי (gôwy, H1471) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight… זָרָה (zârâh, H2219) — to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, H776) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 6:14rank 3

I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”

Ezekiel 12:20rank 3

The inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

Ezekiel 12:16rank 3

But I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

Ezekiel 11:10rank 2

You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Psalms 9:16rank 2

The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

Ezekiel 7:4rank 2

I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’

Ezekiel 26:6rank 2

and the villages on her mainland will be slain by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’

Ezekiel 39:28rank 2

Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations.

Ezekiel 14:18rank 2

then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered.

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