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Then you will know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You will be slaughtered all the way to the borders of Israel. I will execute judgment on you, and you will know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel, and you shall know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I <i>am</i> the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you shall know that I <i>am</i> the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will fall by the sword. I will judge you to the border of Israel; so you shall know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You will fall by the sword. I will judge you to the border of Israel; so you shall know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“You will fall by the sword. I shall judge you to the border of Israel; so you shall know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You will fall by the sword. I will judge you to the border of Israel; so you shall know that I am Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You will fall by the sword; I will judge <i>and</i> punish you [in front of your neighbors] at the border of [the land of] Israel; and you will know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am Yahweh. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You will be killed in your own country, but not before you realize that I, the LORD, have done these things. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You will die in battle. I will judge you at Israel's borders. Then you will know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and you will be killed in battle in your own country. Then everyone will know that I am the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You're going to die violently, and I'll judge you as far as the borders of Israel. Then you'll learn that I am the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You will die by the sword; I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and you shall know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You will fall by the sword. I will judge you in the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am Yahweh. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You fall by the sword, "" I judge you on the border of Israel, "" And you have known that I [am] YHWH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> By the sword ye do fall, On the border of Israel I do judge you, And ye have known that I am Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />By the sword shall ye fall upon the bound of Israel; I will judge you and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />You shall fall by the sword: I will judge you in the borders of Israel, and you shall know that I am the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You will fall by the sword. I will judge you within the borders of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />By the sword you shall fall. At the borders of Israel I will judge you so that you will know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you at the border of Israel. And you shall know that I am the LORD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and you shall know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />By the sword you shall fall and upon the borders of Israel I shall judge you, and you shall know that I AM LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Ye shall fall by the sword: I will judge you upon the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you on the mountains of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/11-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=2328" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/11.htm">Evil in High Places</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>I will bring you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners, and I will execute judgments against you. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: tip·pō·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">You will fall</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ba·ḥe·reḇ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">by the sword,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8199.htm" title="8199: ’eš·pō·wṭ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To judge, govern. ">and I will judge</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">even</a> <a href="/hebrew/1366.htm" title="1366: gə·ḇūl (N-msc) -- Border, boundary, territory. Or gbul; from gabal; properly, a cord, i.e. a boundary; by extens. The territory inclosed.">to the borders</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: wî·ḏa‘·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">Then you will know</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">am the LORD.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>The city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat within it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/21-9.htm">Jeremiah 21:9</a></span><br />Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/25-4.htm">2 Kings 25:4-7</a></span><br />Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah, / but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him. / The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/39-4.htm">Jeremiah 39:4-7</a></span><br />When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah. / But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him. / There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/52-7.htm">Jeremiah 52:7-11</a></span><br />Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah, / but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him. / 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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-33.htm">Leviticus 26:33</a></span><br />But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-64.htm">Deuteronomy 28:64</a></span><br />Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-17.htm">2 Chronicles 36:17-20</a></span><br />So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, / who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials. / Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/24-8.htm">Jeremiah 24:8-10</a></span><br />But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt. / I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them. / And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/34-20.htm">Jeremiah 34:20-21</a></span><br />I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth. / And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-2.htm">Lamentations 2:2</a></span><br />Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-13.htm">Lamentations 4:13-14</a></span><br />But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst. / They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-4.htm">Amos 9:4</a></span><br />Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-43.htm">Luke 19:43-44</a></span><br />For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. / They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-24.htm">Luke 21:24</a></span><br />They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and you shall know that I am the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">fall</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/25-19.htm">2 Kings 25:19-21</a></b></br> And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land <i>that were</i> found in the city: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/39-6.htm">Jeremiah 39:6</a></b></br> Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/52-9.htm">Jeremiah 52:9,10,24-27</a></b></br> Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him… </p><p class="hdg">in</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/34-8.htm">Numbers 34:8,9</a></b></br> From mount Hor ye shall point out <i>your border</i> unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/13-5.htm">Joshua 13:5</a></b></br> And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/8-65.htm">1 Kings 8:65</a></b></br> And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, <i>even</i> fourteen days.</p><p class="hdg">and ye</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/6-7.htm">Ezekiel 6:7</a></b></br> And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I <i>am</i> the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/13-9.htm">Ezekiel 13:9,14,21,23</a></b></br> And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I <i>am</i> the Lord GOD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/9-16.htm">Psalm 9:16</a></b></br> The LORD is known <i>by</i> the judgment <i>which</i> he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. 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Selah.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/50-26.htm">Border</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-41.htm">Borders</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-12.htm">Death</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-9.htm">Execute</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-5.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-5.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-27.htm">Judge</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-9.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-8.htm">Sword</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/11-11.htm">Border</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-11.htm">Borders</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-13.htm">Death</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-11.htm">Execute</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-11.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-11.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-11.htm">Judge</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-11.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-14.htm">Sword</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-1.htm">The presumption of the princes</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-4.htm">Their sin and judgment</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-13.htm">Ezekiel complaining, God shows him his purpose in saving a remnant</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-22.htm">The glory of God leaves the city</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/11-24.htm">Ezekiel is returned to the captivity</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>You will fall by the sword</b><br>This phrase indicates a direct consequence of disobedience and rebellion against God. The sword often symbolizes war and divine judgment throughout the Bible. In the context of Ezekiel, it refers to the impending Babylonian invasion. Historically, the Babylonian army was known for its military prowess, and this prophecy underscores the certainty of their conquest. The sword as a tool of judgment is also seen in other scriptures, such as <a href="/jeremiah/21-7.htm">Jeremiah 21:7</a> and <a href="/revelation/19-15.htm">Revelation 19:15</a>, where it represents God's righteous judgment.<p><b>and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the extent of God's judgment, reaching the very boundaries of the land promised to the Israelites. It signifies that no part of Israel will be exempt from this judgment. The borders of Israel, as defined in <a href="/numbers/34.htm">Numbers 34</a>, were meant to be a place of blessing and security, but due to the people's sin, they become a place of judgment. This also reflects the covenantal aspect of God's relationship with Israel, where blessings and curses are contingent upon obedience, as outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>.<p><b>Then you will know that I am the LORD</b><br>This phrase is a recurring theme in Ezekiel, highlighting the purpose of God's actions—to reveal His sovereignty and identity to His people. The recognition of God as LORD is central to the covenant relationship. This acknowledgment is not just intellectual but involves a deep, experiential understanding of God's power and holiness. Similar expressions are found throughout Ezekiel (e.g., <a href="/ezekiel/6-7.htm">Ezekiel 6:7, 7</a>:4), emphasizing that through judgment, God seeks to bring His people back to a true knowledge of Him. This revelation is ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who fully reveals the nature and character of God (<a href="/john/14-9.htm">John 14:9</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel is the mouthpiece of God, delivering messages of judgment and hope to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation chosen by God, which is experiencing judgment due to its disobedience and idolatry.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sword.htm">The Sword</a></b><br>Represents God's instrument of judgment, often symbolizing war and destruction.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_borders_of_israel.htm">The Borders of Israel</a></b><br>Indicates the extent of God's judgment, reaching even to the farthest parts of the land.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who is both just and merciful.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Certainty of God's Judgment</a></b><br>God's warnings through His prophets are not empty threats. The fulfillment of these prophecies underscores the certainty and seriousness of divine judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sovereignty_of_god.htm">The Sovereignty of God</a></b><br>God's judgment extends to the borders of Israel, demonstrating His control over all nations and territories. Believers can trust in God's sovereign plan, even in times of discipline.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_purpose_of_judgment.htm">The Purpose of Judgment</a></b><br>The ultimate goal of God's judgment is to bring people to the knowledge of Him. Recognizing God's authority and holiness is crucial for spiritual growth and repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The message of judgment is also a call to repentance. Believers are encouraged to examine their lives and turn away from sin, seeking God's mercy and forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_judgment.htm">Hope Beyond Judgment</a></b><br>While judgment is severe, it is not the end of the account. God's promises of restoration and redemption offer hope and encouragement for those who turn back to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_punish_all_edom_in_ezekiel_35.htm">Why would a just God, as portrayed in Ezekiel 35, enact collective punishment on entire generations of Edom?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_didn't_god_stop_jephthah's_vow.htm">Why did God allow Jephthah to sacrifice his daughter in Judges 11 without stopping him?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_140_10_show_mercy.htm">How does calling for coals of fire upon evildoers in Psalm 140:10 align with the concept of a merciful God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_of_the_ammonites'_fall.htm">In Ezekiel 25:2-7, can any solid historical or archaeological evidence confirm the exact downfall of the Ammonites as predicted?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">In the border of Israel.</span>--The judgment should be cumulative: first, the sword should come upon them (<a href="/ezekiel/11-8.htm" title="You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword on you, said the Lord GOD.">Ezekiel 11:8</a>); then they should be driven out of the city in which they trusted, and delivered into the hands of strangers (<a href="/ezekiel/11-9.htm" title="And I will bring you out of the middle thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.">Ezekiel 11:9</a>); and then, finally--what was most terrible to a Jew--they were to be arraigned and punished "in the border," <span class= "ital">i.e., </span>at the extremity or outside of the land of Israel. Historically, it appears from <a href="/context/2_kings/25-20.htm" title="And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:">2Kings 25:20-21</a>, and <a href="/context/jeremiah/52-9.htm" title="Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment on him.">Jeremiah 52:9-11</a>, that the general of Nebuchadnezzar, after the capture of the city, carried the people of the land to the king at Riblah, just on the northern confines of Palestine. There Nebuchadnezzar pronounced his cruel judgments upon them, slaying the king's sons before his eyes, and executing many others, and then, putting out Zedekiah's eyes, carried him and the rest captive to Babylon. By all this, not in repentance, but through the experiencing of the Divine judgments, they should be at last forced to recognise Jehovah as the Almighty Ruler and Disposer of events. This place of the judgment, and this consequence of it, are emphatically repeated in <a href="/context/ezekiel/11-11.htm" title="This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall you be the flesh in the middle thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:">Ezekiel 11:11-12</a>.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/11-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You will fall</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּפֹּ֔לוּ</span> <span class="translit">(tip·pō·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by the sword,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחֶ֣רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥe·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I will judge</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶשְׁפּ֣וֹט</span> <span class="translit">(’eš·pō·wṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8199.htm">Strong's 8199: </a> </span><span class="str2">To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the border</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּב֥וּל</span> <span class="translit">(gə·ḇūl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1366.htm">Strong's 1366: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Then you will know</span><br /><span class="heb">וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(wî·ḏa‘·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">am the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/11-10.htm">Ezekiel 11:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/11-10.htm">Ezekiel 11:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/11-10.htm">Ezekiel 11:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/11-10.htm">Ezekiel 11:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/11-10.htm">Ezekiel 11:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/11-10.htm">Ezekiel 11:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/11-10.htm">Ezekiel 11:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/11-10.htm">Ezekiel 11:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/11-10.htm">Ezekiel 11:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/11-10.htm">Ezekiel 11:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/11-10.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 11:10 You shall fall by the sword (Ezek. 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