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

I will make thee everlasting desolations, and thy cities shall not be inhabited: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord God.

I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not be inhabited: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

Desolations age-during I make thee, And thy cities do not return, And ye have known that I am Jehovah.

I will make you waste for ever, and your towns will be unpeopled: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

I will hand you over to everlasting desolations, and your cities will not be inhabited. And you shall know that I am the Lord God.

Return - Or, "be inhabited."

Perpetual desolations - Thou shalt have perpetual desolation for thy perpetual hatred.

I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not (d) return: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
(d) That is, to their former estate.

I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return,.... To their former dignity and glory; should not be built and inhabited again, but lie waste for ever: this agrees with what is prophesied of Edom, Malachi 1:4 and will be true of Rome or Babylon when destroyed; it will never rise more, but be like a millstone in the midst of the sea, Revelation 18:21,
and ye shall know that I am the Lord; See Gill on Ezekiel 35:4.

shall not return--to their former state (Ezekiel 16:55); shall not be restored. The Hebrew text (Chetib) reads, "shall not be inhabited" (compare Ezekiel 26:20; Malachi 1:3-4).

Return - To their former glory.