Ezekiel

¹⁵“Then they will know that I am the Lord when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among foreign countries. ¹⁶But I will let a small number of them survive the sword, famine, and pestilence, so that they can confess all their abominable practices to the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the Lord.” ¹⁷The word of the Lord came to me: ¹⁸“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with anxious shaking. ¹⁹Then say to the people of the land, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says about the inhabitants of Jerusalem and of the land of Israel: They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in fright, for their land will be stripped bare of all it contains because of the violence of all who live in it. ²⁰The inhabited towns will be left in ruins and the land will be devastated. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’” ²¹The word of the Lord came to me: