Ezekiel 11:8
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You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares the Lord GOD.
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This chapter concludes the vision which Ezekiel saw, and this part of it furnished him with two messages: - I. A message of wrath against those who continued still at Jerusalem, and were there in the height of presumption, thinking they should never fall (Eze 11:1-13). II. A message of comfort to those who were carried captives into Babylon and were there in the depth of despondency, thinking they should never rise. And, as the former are assured that God has judgments in store for them notwithstanding their present security, so the later are assured that God has mercy in store for them notwithstanding their present distress (Eze 11:14-21). And so the glory of God removes further (Eze 11:22, Eze 11:23). The vision disappears (Eze 11:24), and Ezekiel faithfully gives his hearers an account of it (Eze 11:25).
Open source ↗11:8-10 God had once rescued his people from foreigners in Egypt, but now he would hand them over to foreigners for judgment.
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What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”