Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 11:10
Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
10. in the border of Israel ] far away from the city, which they hoped would protect them. Cf. Jer 52:26, “So Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and he smote them and put them to death in Riblah, in the land of Hamath.” 2Ki 25:18 seq.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
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 Jer 52:9-10.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
The enemies sword shall slay you; my just judgments shall pursue you whithersoever you flee, and overtake some of you; and ye shall know, Zedekiah and others who were judged at Riblah, 2Ki 25:20,
that I am the Lord.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
10. in the border of Israelonthe frontier: at Riblah, in the land of Hamath (compare 2Ki 25:19-21;1Ki 8:65).
ye shall know that I am theLordby the judgments I inflict (Ps9:16).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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, Jer 52:9; and this was on the border of the land of Israel, Nu 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.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(10) In the border of Israel.The judgment should be cumulative: first, the sword should come upon them (Eze. 11:8); then they should be driven out of the city in which they trusted, and delivered into the hands of strangers (Eze. 11:9); and then, finallywhat was most terrible to a Jewthey were to be arraigned and punished in the border, i.e., at the extremity or outside of the land of Israel. Historically, it appears from 2Ki. 25:20-21, and Jer. 52:9-11, 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 kings sons before his eyes, and executing many others, and then, putting out Zedekiahs 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 Eze. 11:11-12.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
10. In [literally, upon ] the border of Israel This was literally fulfilled. These captains and chief rulers of Israel were not put to death within the walls of the city, but on the northern frontier. The strong walls of the iron pot could not protect them (Eze 11:11; Jer 52:9; Jer 52:26-27; Num 34:11; 2Ki 25:18-21).
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Eze 11:10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
Ver. 10. I will judge you in the border of Israel. ] In the northern border, even at Riblah. 2Ki 25:6 ; 2Ki 25:21 Jer 52:10 ; Jer 52:24 ; Jer 52:27
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
in the border of Israel: i.e. at Riblah, in the extreme north of the land (2Ki 25:18-21. Jer 52:24-27). Compare Eze 11:11.
ye shall know, &c. See note on Eze 6:7.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
fall: 2Ki 25:19-21, Jer 39:6, Jer 52:9, Jer 52:10, Jer 52:24-27
in: Num 34:8, Num 34:9, Jos 13:5, 1Ki 8:65, 2Ki 14:25
and ye: Eze 6:7, Eze 13:9, Eze 13:14, Eze 13:21, Eze 13:23, Psa 9:16, Jer 9:24
Reciprocal: Eze 7:3 – will judge Eze 12:15 – General Eze 15:7 – and ye shall Eze 37:6 – ye shall Mal 1:4 – The border
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 11:10, The judgments to be brought upon Israel would be started within their own border, which means they would be made to suffer even before leaving their land.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
11:10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of {e} Israel; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
(e) That is, in Riblah, read 2Ki 25:6 .
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
The Jerusalemites would die violently at the hands of their enemy all the way to the borders of Israel (cf. 2Ki 25:18-21; Jer 52:8-11; Jer 52:24-27), not just in the city. The walls of the city would not defend them from the fires of Babylonian invasion (cf. Eze 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 message was exactly the opposite of what Jerusalem’s leaders considered appropriate. They saw the exiles as unfortunate victims of their own bad luck and poor judgment for having somehow gotten exiled instead of having been spared as the present leaders had been." [Note: Stuart, p. 100.]