in the border of Israel: i.e. at Riblah, in the extreme north of the land (2 Kings 25:18-21 .Jeremiah 52:24-27; Jeremiah 52:24-27 ). Compare Ezekiel 11:11 . ye shall know, &c. See note on Ezekiel 6:7 . read more
statutes . . . judgments . See note on Deuteronomy 4:1 . have done after the manners , &c. Reference to Pentateuch, (Leviticus 18:3 , Leviticus 18:4 .Deuteronomy 12:30 , Deuteronomy 12:31 ). App-92 . heathen = nations. read more
Ezekiel 11:12. The Lord: For, &c.— The Lord; because ye have not walked, &c. read more
10. in the border of Israel—on the frontier: at Riblah, in the land of Hamath (compare 2 Kings 25:19-21; 1 Kings 8:65). ye shall know that I am the Lord—by the judgments I inflict (1 Kings 8:65- :). read more
12. (Deuteronomy 12:30; Deuteronomy 12:31). read more
The assurance of judgment on the people of Jerusalem 11:1-13 read more
The Jerusalemites would die violently at the hands of their enemy all the way to the borders of Israel (cf. 2 Kings 25:18-21; Jeremiah 52:8-11; Jeremiah 52:24-27), not just in the city. The walls of the city would not defend them from the fires of Babylonian invasion (cf. Ezekiel 11:3). Then they would know that the Lord was God. This punishment would come on the people because they had been unfaithful to the Mosaic Covenant but had followed the laws of their surrounding neighbor nations."This... read more
The Doom of the Leaders of Jerusalem’s wickedness. Comfort for the ExilesThe slaughter in Ezekiel 9 was only the visionary rehearsal of a judgment still in the future. The vision now takes another turn, and shows the wicked inhabitants still alive. Ezekiel is brought to the outer eastern gate of the Temple where he finds a group of the leaders of Jerusalem’s sinful policy, two of whom are mentioned by name (Ezekiel 11:1-2). A proverb by which they express their light-hearted security is turned... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 11:1-13
Judgment on Jerusalem’s leaders (11:1-13)At the east gate of the temple, where God’s chariot-throne had temporarily stopped (see 10:19), Ezekiel saw in vision a group of twenty-five of the city’s political leaders. The wrong advice of these men was one reason why Jerusalem was heading for certain ruin (11:1-2). (At the time of this vision, the last great siege of Jerusalem, foretold in earlier chapters, had not yet happened.)Jeremiah had been telling the people that to fight against Babylon was... read more