Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 33:29
Then shall they know that I [am] the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.
I would have had them acknowledge me to be the Lord by my blessings which beautified the land, by my holy precepts which directed to piety and justice, by my mercy and kindness towards them; but they despised my mercy, broke my law, abused my bounty; and now by the punishment of their sins, as I threatened, and by laying the land most waste, they shall be constrained to own and submit to me as the Lord.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Then shall they know that I am the Lord,…. An omniscient Being, that could foresee and foretell what would come to pass; and omnipotent, able to do whatever he pleased, and true and faithful to his word; and a sovereign Lord, whose will cannot be resisted; this they should see, own, and acknowledge:
when I have laid the land most desolate, because of all their abominations which they have committed: for though he is a sovereign Lord, yet he does not execute his judgments in an arbitrary way, merely cause it is his will, but because of the abominable sins committed by men, which provoke the eyes of his glory.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
“Then will they know that I am Yahweh, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.”
The people who remained continued in the abominations described above. So instead of returning to Yahweh and listening to Jeremiah, assassination and warfare continued among those remaining, and those who joined them. There was a short civil war and then those who remained left for Egypt taking Jeremiah with them (Jeremiah 41-43). Thus they learned Who and What Yahweh was, the moral Overlord, the One Who would not bless and protect them while they sinned against Him and His covenant.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Eze 33:29 Then shall they know that I [am] the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.
Ver. 29. Then shall they know. ] By woeful experience.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
shall they know, he. See note on Eze 6:10.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
shall: Eze 6:7, Eze 7:27, Eze 23:49, Eze 25:11, Exo 14:18, Psa 9:16, Psa 83:17, Psa 83:18
because: Eze 6:11, Eze 8:6-15, Eze 22:2-15, Eze 22:25-31, Eze 36:17, Eze 36:18, 2Ki 17:9-18, 2Ch 36:14-17, Jer 5:1-9, Jer 5:25-31, Mic 6:9-12, Zep 3:1-4
Reciprocal: Lev 25:18 – and ye Lev 26:32 – And I Jer 18:16 – make Jer 21:6 – I will Eze 15:8 – I will Eze 34:27 – know that
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 33:29. The Lord was determined that his people should not forget Him. They had special need for that lesson since they had given so much of their time and devotion to the strange gods that were worshiped by the heathen around them.