And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
Parallel translations
- WEB “‘They shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries.
- BSB And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.
- NKJV “Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries.
- NASB So they will know that I am the Lord, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries.
- NLT And when I scatter them among the nations, they will know that I am the Lord.
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Quick answer
When God disperses them among the nations, they will know that He is the LORD.
Overview
The recurring refrain 'they will know that I am Yahweh' reveals the deeper purpose behind judgment: to make God's reality and holiness undeniable. Even the scattering serves to vindicate His name among the nations. Judgment is never aimless but always reveals who God is.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Ezek 6:7And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ezek 12:20And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ezek 12:16But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ezek 6:14So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ezek 14:18Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.
- Ezek 7:4And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ezek 24:27In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ezek 26:6And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ezek 39:28Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
- Ezek 11:10Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ezek 5:13Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
- Ezek 28:26And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.
- Ps 9:16The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
- Ezek 25:11And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ezek 33:33And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.
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