Ezekiel 35:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ezekiel 35:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ezekiel 35:9 is a verse from the book of Ezekiel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ezekiel 35:9 — KJV
“I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.”
— Ezekiel 35:9 (KJV)
Ezekiel 35:9 in Context — About the Book of Ezekiel
Ezekiel saw heaven opened from a refugee camp in Babylon — wheels of fire, a valley of dry bones rattling to life, and a river flowing from God's temple that heals everything it touches. His message: God's glory departs from sin but returns with resurrection power and a brand-new heart.
Cross-References for Ezekiel 35:9
“Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 35:9: make, perpetual, desolations
“And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. punish: Heb. visit upon”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 35:9: make, perpetual, desolations
“Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 35:9: make, cities, return
“And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 35:9: make, know, lord
“And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 35:9: make, know, lord
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