God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 39:22
22From that day on, the people of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God.
Ezekiel 39:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward.
- New International Version (NIV)From that day forward the people of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God, from that day forward.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day forward.
Context of Ezekiel 39:22
20At my table you will be filled with horses and riders, warriors, and soldiers of every kind, declares the Almighty Lord.’ 21“I will show my greatness among the nations. All the nations will see how I will turn my power against them to punish them. From that day on, the people of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God. 23Then the nations will know that the people of Israel went into captivity because they did wrong and rebelled against me. So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies. They were killed in battle. 24I paid them back for their uncleanness and their sins, and I hid my face from them.
Read all of Ezekiel 39Ezekiel 39:22 word by word
וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם מִן־הַיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא וָהָֽלְאָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 39:22
- Ezekiel 39:7I will make my holy name known among my people Israel, and I will never let them dishonor my holy name again. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.
- Ezekiel 28:26They will live there in safety. They will build homes and plant vineyards. They will live in safety when I punish all the surrounding people who treat them with scorn. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.’ ”
- Ezekiel 34:30Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the people of Israel, are my people, declares the Almighty Lord.
- Psalms 9:16The Lord is known by the judgment he has carried out. The wicked person is trapped by the work of his own hands. Higgaion Selah
- Jeremiah 24:7I will give them the desire to know that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, because they will wholeheartedly come back to me.
- Jeremiah 31:34No longer will each person teach his neighbors or his relatives by saying, ‘Know the Lord.’ All of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,” declares the Lord, “because I will forgive their wickedness and I will no longer hold their sins against them.”
- John 17:3This is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
- 1 John 5:20We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we know the real God. We are in the one who is real, his Son Jesus Christ. This Jesus Christ is the real God and eternal life.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 39:22
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17-29Verses 17-29 The purposes of the past dispensation shall be made clear to God‘s people themselves and to the pagan. His judgments were the consequence of their sins; and these sins once abandoned, the favor of their God will return in yet more abundance. Ezekiel 39:29 Compare Acts 2:17. Peter distinctly appropriates these prophecies (marginal references) to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, and the inauguration of the Church of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-22Verses 11-22 How numerous the enemies which God destroyed for the defence of his people Israel! Times of great deliverances should be times of reformation. Every one should help the utmost he can, toward cleansing the land from reproach. Sin is an enemy every man should strive against. Those engaged in public work, especially of cleansing and reforming a land, ought to be men who will go through with what they undertake, who will be always employed. When…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-24The Lord will show his glory throughout history. He showed his glory when he punished Israel during the exile. This punishment came because of their sin and their uncleanness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. So the house of Israel shall know ... Lord--by My interposition for them. So, too, the heathen shall be led to fear the name of the Lord (Psa 102:15).Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Ezekiel 39
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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