At the same time, a prophet went to King Ahab. The prophet said, “King Ahab, the Lord says to you, ‘Do you see that big army? I, the Lord, will allow you to defeat that army today. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”
Ezekiel 22:16 - Easy To Read Version But Jerusalem, you will become unclean. {\cf2\super [172]} And the other nations will see all these things happen. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you shall be dishonored and profane yourself in the sight of the nations, and you shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) And thou shalt be profaned in thyself, in the sight of the nations; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah. Common English Bible When you are degraded like this in the sight of the nations, then you will know that I am the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will possess you in the sight of the Gentiles. And you shall know that I am the Lord." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will possess thee in the sight of the Gentiles, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. |
At the same time, a prophet went to King Ahab. The prophet said, “King Ahab, the Lord says to you, ‘Do you see that big army? I, the Lord, will allow you to defeat that army today. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”
A man of God [222] came to the king of Israel with this message: “The Lord said, ‘{The people of} Aram said that I, the Lord, am God of the mountains. They think that I am not also the God of the valleys. So I will allow you to defeat this big army. Then you will know that I am the Lord {in every place}!’”
Then they will know that you are God.\par They will know your name is YAHWEH.\par They will know that you, God Most-High,\par are the God of the whole world!\par
The Lord caught those bad people.\par So people learned that the Lord punishes people who do bad things.\par \i (HIGGAYON {\cf2\super [51]})\i0 \par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [52]})\i0 \par
People who forget God are bad.\par They will go to the place of death.\par
But I will not treat the people of Israel the same as the Egyptian people. There will not be any flies in Goshen, where my people live. In this way you will know that I, the Lord, am in this land.
But you are the Lord our God. So please save us from the king of Assyria. Then all the other nations will know that you are the Lord, and you are the only \{God\}.
I will make your holy rulers not holy. I will cause Jacob to be completely mine. {\cf2\super [390]} Bad things will happen to Israel.”
“I was angry at my people.\par Those people belong to me,\par but I was angry,\par so I made them not important.\par I gave them to you,\par and you punished them.\par But you showed no mercy to them.\par You made even the old people\par work hard.\par
Say to the people of Ammon: ‘Listen to the word of the Lord my Master! The Lord my Master says this: You were happy when my holy place was destroyed. You were against the land of Israel when it was polluted. You were against the family of Judah when the people were carried away as prisoners.
They will know that I am the Lord their God. Why? Because I made them to leave their homes and go as prisoners to other countries. And then I gathered them together and brought them back to their own land.
Your people will be killed. And then you will know that I am the Lord!’”
I will bring evil people from other nations. And those evil people will get all the houses of the people of Israel. I will stop all of you powerful people from being so proud. Those people from other nations will get all your places of worship. {\cf2\super [56]}
King Nebuchadnezzar, you will be forced to go away from people. You will live among the wild animals. You will eat grass like cattle. And you will become wet with dew. {\cf2\super [46]} Seven seasons (years) will pass, and then you will learn this lesson. You will learn God Most High rules over the kingdoms of men. And God Most High gives kingdoms to anyone he wants.