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Ezekiel 35:4

I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

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עָרֶ֨יךָ֙areykhacityעִירnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “city”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.חָרְבָּ֣הcharebahdecayed placeחׇרְבָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “decayed place”, the ordinary formH2723properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolationdecayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).אָשִׂ֔יםasimputשׂוּםverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “put”, an unfinished actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…וְאַתָּ֖הveatahand theeאַתָּהconjunction, pronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.שְׁמָמָ֣הshemamahdesolateשְׁמָמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “desolate”, the ordinary formH8077devastation; figuratively, astonishment(laid, [idiom] most) desolate(-ion), waste.תִֽהְיֶ֑הtihyehbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.וְיָדַעְתָּ֖veyadataand knowיָדַעconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and know”, a completed action in a sequenceH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אֲנִ֥יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.יְהוָֽהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thy cities a waste I make, and thou art a desolation, And thou hast known that I [am] Jehovah.

World English Bible

I will lay your cities waste, and you will be desolate. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.

Darby Translation

I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be a desolation: and thou shalt know that I [am] Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims

I will destroy thy cities, and thou shalt be desolate: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will cause desolation in thy cities, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ταῖς πόλεσί σου ἐρημίαν ποιήσω, καὶ σὺ ἔρημος ἔσῃ, καὶ γνώσῃ ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος.