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And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
Ezekiel 11:9 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB “I will bring you out of the middle of it, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
  • BSB I will bring you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners, and I will execute judgments against you.
  • NKJV “And I will bring you out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and execute judgments on you.
  • NASB “And I will bring you out of the midst of the city, and hand you over to strangers, and execute judgments against you.
  • NLT I will drive you out of Jerusalem and hand you over to foreigners, who will carry out my judgments against you.

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Quick answer

God will hand them over to foreigners and execute judgments among them. It specifies exile and conquest by Babylon as the means of judgment.

Overview

Being delivered "into the hands of strangers" points to the Babylonian conquest and deportation. God uses pagan nations as instruments of His righteous judgment on His people. Their false security in Jerusalem cannot prevent this appointed sentence. God's sovereign use of the nations reminds us that He rules over all history, directing it toward His redemptive purposes in Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 19

  • Ezek 5:8Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
  • Deut 28:36The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
  • Ps 106:41And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
  • Ezek 16:41And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.
  • Deut 28:49–50The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
  • Ezek 5:10Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
  • John 5:27And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
  • Jer 5:15–17Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
  • Eccl 8:11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
  • Jude 1:15To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
  • Neh 9:36–37Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:
  • Ezek 21:31And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.
  • 2 Kgs 24:4And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
  • Ezek 30:19Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
  • Ezek 5:15So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
  • Rom 13:4For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
  • Ps 106:30Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
  • Jer 39:6Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
  • Ezek 16:38And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

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