Ezekiel 2:5
Context2:5 And as for them, 1 whether they listen 2 or not – for they are a rebellious 3 house 4 – they will know that a prophet has been among them.
Ezekiel 11:10
Context11:10 You will die by the sword; I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 12:15
Context12:15 “Then they will know that I am the Lord when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among foreign countries.
Ezekiel 12:20
Context12:20 The inhabited towns will be left in ruins and the land will be devastated. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
Ezekiel 13:23
Context13:23 Therefore you will no longer see false visions and practice divination. I will rescue my people from your power, and you 5 will know that I am the Lord.’”
Ezekiel 20:12
Context20:12 I also gave them my Sabbaths 6 as a reminder of our relationship, 7 so that they would know that I, the Lord, sanctify them. 8
Ezekiel 20:20
Context20:20 Treat my Sabbaths as holy 9 and they will be a reminder of our relationship, 10 and then you will know that I am the Lord your God.”
Ezekiel 20:42
Context20:42 Then you will know that I am the Lord when I bring you to the land of Israel, to the land I swore 11 to give to your fathers.
Ezekiel 21:5
Context21:5 Then everyone will know that I am the Lord, who drew my sword from its sheath – it will not be sheathed again!’
Ezekiel 22:16
Context22:16 You will be profaned within yourself 12 in the sight of the nations; then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
Ezekiel 23:49
Context23:49 They will repay you for your obscene conduct, and you will be punished for idol worship. 13 Then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord.”
Ezekiel 25:5
Context25:5 I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon 14 a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 25:17
Context25:17 I will exact great vengeance upon them with angry rebukes. 15 Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I exact my vengeance upon them.’”
Ezekiel 26:6
Context26:6 and her daughters 16 who are in the field will be slaughtered by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 29:6
Context29:6 Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the Lord
because they were a reed staff 17 for the house of Israel;
Ezekiel 30:8
Context30:8 They will know that I am the Lord
when I ignite a fire in Egypt
and all her allies are defeated. 18
Ezekiel 30:26
Context30:26 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among foreign countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
Ezekiel 33:29
Context33:29 Then they will know that I am the Lord when I turn the land into a desolate ruin because of all the abominable deeds they have committed.’ 19
Ezekiel 34:30
Context34:30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, 20 and that they are my people, the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. 21
Ezekiel 35:9
Context35:9 I will turn you into a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 37:13
Context37:13 Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and raise you from your graves, my people.
Ezekiel 38:23
Context38:23 I will exalt and magnify myself; I will reveal myself before many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’
Ezekiel 39:6
Context39:6 I will send fire on Magog and those who live securely in the coastlands; then they will know that I am the Lord.
1 tn Heb “they”; the phrase “And as for them” has been used in the translation for clarity.
2 tn The Hebrew word implies obedience rather than mere hearing or paying attention.
3 tn This Hebrew adjective is also used to describe the Israelites in Num 17:25 and Isa 30:9.
4 sn The book of Ezekiel frequently refers to the Israelites as a rebellious house (Ezek 2:5, 6, 8; 3:9, 26-27; 12:2-3, 9, 25; 17:12; 24:3).
5 tn The Hebrew verb is feminine plural, indicating that it is the false prophetesses who are addressed here.
6 sn Ezekiel’s contemporary, Jeremiah, also stressed the importance of obedience to the Sabbath law (Jer 17).
7 tn Heb “to become a sign between me and them.”
8 tn Or “set them apart.” The last phrase of verse 12 appears to be a citation of Exod 31:13.
9 tn Or “set apart my Sabbaths.”
10 tn Heb “and they will become a sign between me and you.”
11 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”
12 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.
tn The phrase “within yourself” is the same as the several previous occurrences of “within you” but adjusted to fit this clause which is the culmination of the series of indictments.
13 tn Heb “and the sins of your idols you will bear.” By extension it can mean the punishment for the sins.
14 tn Heb “the sons of Ammon.”
15 tn Heb “with acts of punishment of anger.”
16 sn That is, the towns located inland that were under Tyre’s rule.
18 tn Heb “all who aid her are broken.”
19 sn The judgments of vv. 27-29 echo the judgments of Lev 26:22, 25.
20 sn A promise given to Abraham (Gen 15:7) and his descendants (Gen 15:8; Exod 6:7).
21 sn The blessings described in vv. 25-30 are those promised for obedience in Lev 26:4-13.