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Ezekiel 11:10
You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh addresses the rebellious princes in Jerusalem during the siege that immediately precedes the city's fall. He pronounces their imminent military defeat and judicial execution as the direct consequence of their defiance.
The words — The verb תִּפֹּ֔לוּ (ti.Po.lu) literally means "you will fall," coupled with the prepositional phrase בַּ/חֶ֣רֶב (ba./Che.rev) for "by the sword." This pairing establishes a direct causal link between their downfall and violent execution.
The thread — The motif of judgment reaching to territorial limits connects to the boundary language in 2 Kings 14:25, while the execution of civic leaders aligns with the judicial actions detailed in Jeremiah 39:6 and 2 Kings 25:19.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that divine judgment operates without territorial exemption, forcing the audience to acknowledge Yahweh's sovereign authority over both military outcomes and national borders.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 14:25 This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
- 2 Kings 25:19 Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
- Jeremiah 39:6 There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.
- Jeremiah 52:9 The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah.
- Ezekiel 6:7 The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
- Numbers 34:8 and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,
- Joshua 13:5 the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.
- 1 Kings 8:65 So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
- Psalms 9:16 The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- Jeremiah 9:24 But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.