Bible Strands
Ezekiel 11:9
I will bring you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners, and I will execute judgments against you.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses the rebellious leaders in Jerusalem through Ezekiel, declaring that their fear of violence will be met with His active intervention to remove them from the city.
The words — The verbs הוֹצֵאתִי (ho.tze.Ti) and נָתַתִּי (na.ta.Ti) literally state "I will bring out" and "I will give," while זָרִים (za.Rim) specifies "strangers" or foreigners.
The thread — The motif of God removing His people and delivering them into foreign hands appears in Ezekiel 5:8, Deuteronomy 28:36, and Psalms 106:41.
Why it lands — The text states that God personally extracts the guilty from their sanctuary and hands them over to foreign execution, demanding recognition of His sovereign control over judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 5:8 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
- Deuteronomy 28:36 The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
- Psalms 106:41 He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
- Deuteronomy 28:49 The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
- Ezekiel 16:41 Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will never again pay your lovers.
- 2 Kings 24:4 and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
- Nehemiah 9:36 So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness—here we are as slaves!
- Psalms 106:30 But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
- Ecclesiastes 8:11 When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
- Jeremiah 5:15 Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.