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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 11:1-13

We have here, I. The great security of the prince's of Jerusalem, notwithstanding the judgments of God that were upon them, The prophet was brought, in vision, to the gate of the temple where these princes sat in council upon the present arduous affairs of the city: The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of the Lord's house, and behold twenty-five men were there. See how obsequious the prophet was to the Spirit's orders and how observant of all the discoveries that were made... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 11:9

And I will bring you out of the midst thereof ,.... Jerusalem, the cauldron, as they said it was, and where they thought they should be safe; this is repeated, to express the certainty of it, and to excite their attention to it, and remove their vain confidence: and deliver you into the hands of strangers ; the Chaldeans: and will execute judgments among you ; punishments for sin, such as famine, pestilence, sword, and captivity. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 11:10

Ye shall fall by the sword ,.... Of the Chaldeans; not in the city of Jerusalem, but out of it, when it was broken up, and they fled: I will judge you in the border of Israel ; that is, inflict punishment on them, particularly by the sword; which was done at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where the sons of Zedekiah were slain, and all the princes of Judah, Jeremiah 52:9 ; and this was on the border of the land of Israel, Numbers 34:8 ; and ye shall know that I am the Lord ; who... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 11:11

This city shall not be your cauldron ,.... It was one, as in Ezekiel 11:7 ; but not theirs; it was the cauldron for the slain, for the dead, but not the living: neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst of it ; or, "and ye shall be" F7 וא־תאם תהיו "et vos critis", Montanus, Cocceius. or, "but ye shall be"; the negative is understood, and rightly supplied by us; though the Targum renders it without it, "but ye shall be in the midst of it, as flesh that is boiled in the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 11:9

And deliver you into the hands of strangers - This seems to refer chiefly to Zedekiah and his family. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 11:11

I will judge you in the border of Israel - Though Riblah was in Syria, yet it was on the very frontiers of Israel; and it was here that Zedekiah's sons were slain, and his own eyes put out. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:1-13

The summary punishment of official guilt. As a rule, God is extremely patient towards human rebellion. He reproves and remonstrates and warns long before the executioner appears. Yet sometimes he departs from this course, by a summary act of vengeance. The penalty that follows some crimes is swift and sudden. The Chaldean nobles who laid an impious snare for Daniel were soon overtaken with judgment. When Herod accepted the profane flattery of his courtiers, he was soon consumed with inward... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:1-13

The presumptuous security of sinners exhibited and condemned. "Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the Lord's house," etc. I. THE PRESUMPTUOUS AND FALSE SECURITY OF SINNERS EXHIBITED . ( Ezekiel 11:1-3 .) The twenty-live men here mentioned are not the same as those mentioned in Ezekiel 8:16 ; for already they have been slain in vision. In both places the number is a round one. And in this place it is clear that they were leaders of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 11:9

The strangers are, of course, the Chaldean invaders, and the prediction finds its fulfilment in the massacre of the princes of Judah at Ritdah ( Jeremiah 52:9 , Jeremiah 52:10 ), which was in Hamath, the northern border of Israel ( 1 Kings 8:65 ; 2 Kings 14:25 ). Then they should see that their defiant speech as to the "caldron" and "the flesh" would be of no avail. Thus they should know that the prophet had spoken in the name of Jehovah, and that their punishment by the heathen was... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 11:10

In the border of Israel - Hamath was the northern border of Israel (margin reference). At Riblah in Hamath the king of Babylon judged and condemned Zedekiah and the princes of Judah Jeremiah 52:9-10. read more

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