Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 11:1-13
We have here,
I. The great security of the prince's of Jerusalem, notwithstanding the judgements 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 to him. It should seem, these twenty-five men were not the same with those twenty-five whom we saw at the door of the temple, worshipping towards the east (Eze 8:16); those seen to have been priests or…
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in the border of Israel--on the frontier: at Riblah, in the land of Hamath (compare Kg2 25:19-21, with Kg1 8:65).
ye shall know that I am the Lord--by the judgments I inflict (Psa 9:16).
Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 11:9
And deliver you into the hands of strangers - This seems to refer chiefly to Zedekiah and his family.
John Gill on 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 knows things, and foretells them before they are; and am able to accomplish all that is threatened; and am just and righteous in all my ways and works; and who am known by the judgments executed by me.
John Calvin on Ezekiel 11:8-11
