Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 12:20
And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
The cities, the lesser cities up and down the land, which now are and will be inhabited when Jerusalem is destroyed,
shall be wasted with the sword, as the word seems to imply. Then shall you, who are now in Chaldea, know how the goodness of God brought you hither, that you had no real cause to complain that your condition was worse than your brethrens in Judea. You shall know the truth and severity of God against sinners.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
20. the citiesleft in Judeaafter the destruction of Jerusalem.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste,…. Not only the city of Jerusalem, but the other cities of Judea; as they were by the Chaldeans, which were then full of inhabitants:
and the land shall be desolate; the whole land of Judea be destitute of men and cattle, and lie uncultivated, and become barren and unfruitful:
and ye shall know that I [am] the Lord; who were then captives in Babylon, as well as those who should be dispersed among the nations would; see Eze 12:15.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
He pursues the same sentiment. He had threatened destruction to Jerusalem and its citizens: he now adds the other cities of Judah which were still inhabited. Lastly, he speaks of the whole land, as if he said that no single corner should suppose itself free from slaughter, since God’s vengeance should attack it as well as the cruelty of enemies through all regions. Jerusalem was the head of the whole nation; Ezekiel predicts its siege, and after that it became easy to overthrow and spoil other cities, so that the whole region was rendered subject to the lust of the enemies. He afterwards adds what we have noticed previously, ye shall know that I am Jehovah They had heard this instruction from the Prophets, they ought to have been imbued with it from their earliest childhood, for God had borne witness by many proofs that he was the true God. For his power had become sufficiently known and understood by the frequent succors by which that wretched people had been snatched from even immediate death. But as their impiety had stupified them, so that they carelessly despised not only the Prophet’s teaching, but the very judgments of God, when he openly punished them, this knowledge is not mentioned without reason. When therefore God puts forth his hand for the last time to chastise them, he says that his power should be so manifest among them, that it should no longer escape them; but yet they were so hardened in their depravity that they almost entirely forgot God. For a contrast is always to be observed between that knowledge which springs from performance and that arising from utterance; for those who had closed their ears when God invites them to himself as servants, must be compelled to feel him to be God when he is silent and is executing his vengeance upon them. It follows —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
Eze 12:20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
Ver. 20. And ye shall know. ] By woeful experience. Eze 12:15
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the cities . . . shall be laid waste. Reference to Pentateuch (Lev 26:31). App-92.
ye shall know, &c. See note on Eze 6:7.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Eze 15:6, Eze 15:8, Isa 3:26, Isa 7:23, Isa 7:24, Isa 24:3, Isa 24:12, Isa 64:10, Isa 64:11, Jer 4:7, Jer 4:23-29, Jer 12:10-12, Jer 16:9, Jer 19:11, Jer 24:8-10, Jer 25:9, Jer 34:22, Lam 5:18, Dan 9:17
Reciprocal: Eze 7:4 – and ye Eze 12:15 – General Eze 13:9 – and ye Eze 33:28 – I will lay
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 12:20. Some cities besides Jerusalem were still lingering on the verge of total destruction, and they,
too, were soon to feel the final blows from Babylon.