Ezekiel 35:9

⁷ Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.

⁸ And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.

I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

¹⁰ Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:

¹¹ Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
KJV: I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
WEB: I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
ASV: I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
DARBY: I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not be inhabited: and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.
BLB: I will make you a desolation forever, and your cities will not be inhabited. You⁺ will know that I [am] YHWH.

ÅB: Til evige ørkener vil jeg gjøre deg, og dine byer skal ikke reise seg igjen, og dere skal kjenne at jeg er Herren.
OTB: Jeg vil gjøre deg til en evig ødeleggelse, og dine byer skal ikke bli bebodd. Da skal du kjenne at jeg er Herren.
B1930: Til evige ørkener vil jeg gjøre dig, og dine byer skal ikke reise sig igjen, og I skal kjenne at jeg er Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 25:13
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
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Ezekiel 6:7
And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
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Malachi 1:3–4
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
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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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Ezekiel 7:4
And 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.
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Jeremiah 49:17–18
Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
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Ezekiel 36:11
And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
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Jeremiah 49:13
For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
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