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You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 11:10 · New King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB You will fall by the sword. I will judge you in the border of Israel; and you will know that I am Yahweh.
  • KJV Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
  • BSB 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.
  • NASB You will fall by the sword. I will judge you to the border of Israel; so you shall know that I am the Lord.
  • NLT 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.

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Quick answer

They will fall by the sword at Israel's border, and so know that He is Yahweh. It promises judgment that vindicates God's name.

Overview

The judgment will reach even to the borders of Israel, fulfilled historically when fleeing leaders were captured and executed (cf. 2 Kings 25). The refrain "you will know that I am Yahweh" shows that judgment reveals God's sovereign reality. Even in wrath, God makes Himself known. The God who must be known as judge is graciously known as Savior through Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 15

  • 2 Kgs 14:25He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, according to Yahweh, the God of Israel’s word, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath Hepher.
  • Jer 52:9–10Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment on him.
  • Ezek 6:7The slain shall fall among you, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
  • Jer 39:6Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes. The king of Babylon also killed all the nobles of Judah.
  • 2 Kgs 25:19–21and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city.
  • 1 Kgs 8:65So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days.
  • Jer 52:24–27The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:
  • Ps 9:16Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
  • Josh 13:5and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad under Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath;
  • Ezek 13:9“My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and who divine lies. They will not be in the council of my people, neither will they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither will they enter into the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh”
  • Ezek 13:23Therefore you shall no more see false visions, nor practice divination. I will deliver my people out of your hand. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.’”
  • Jer 9:24But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight,” says Yahweh.
  • Ezek 13:21I will also tear your kerchiefs, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they will be no more in your hand to be hunted. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
  • Num 34:8–9From Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the border shall pass by Zedad.
  • Ezek 13:14So will I break down the wall that you have plastered with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be uncovered. It will fall, and you will be consumed in the middle of it. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.

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Christ at the center

The promise of one Shepherd-King David, a new heart and new Spirit, and the river of life flowing from the temple all stream toward Christ, the good Shepherd who gives the Spirit.

How Ezekiel 11:10 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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