Ezekiel 35:12

Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to devour!’

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh addresses Edom through Ezekiel, pronouncing judgment immediately after declaring His intent to act on His jealousy and hatred toward them.

The words — The Hebrew verb יָדַעְתָּ (yaḏaʿta) literally means "you will know," paired with שָׁמַעְתִּי (šāmaʿtî), "I have heard," emphasizing divine perception of contempt.

The thread — This theme of God hearing arrogant claims about His inheritance appears in Ezekiel 36:2 and Psalms 83:12, where enemies declare the ancient heights or pastures of God as their own possession.

Why it lands — The verse demands acknowledgment that human boasts against God’s people are fully recorded and will trigger direct divine intervention.

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The Hebrew words

וְֽיָדַעְתָּ֮ve./ya.da'.Taand/ you will know כִּֽי־ki-that אֲנִ֣י'a.NiI יְהוָה֒Yah.wehYahweh שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי׀sha.Ma'.tiI have heard אֶת־'et-<obj.>כָּל־kol-all נָאָֽצוֹתֶ֗יךָna.'a.tzo.Tei./khainsults/ your אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich אָמַ֛רְתָּ'a.Mar.tayou have said עַל־'al-on הָרֵ֥יha.Rei[the] mountains of יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsrael לֵאמֹ֣ר׀le./Mor<to>/ saying שָׁמֵ֑מוּsha.Me.muthey have been desolatedלָ֥נוּLa./nuto/ usנִתְּנ֖וּni.te.Nuthey have been given לְאָכְלָֽה׃le./'okh.Lahfor/ devouring

King James Version

And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 36:2 This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’
Psalms 83:12 who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
Psalms 94:9 He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
Jeremiah 50:7 All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’
Ezekiel 6:7 The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 35:9 I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.