MANNAFEST

I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

KJV

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ASV

I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

WEB

I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

YLT

Desolations age-during I make thee, And thy cities do not return, And ye have known that I am Jehovah.

DBT

I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not be inhabited: and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.

About this book

Old Testament

EzekielThe exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’

Author
Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
Date
Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)

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