God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 11:9
9I will force you out of the city. I will hand you over to foreigners, and I will punish you.
Ezekiel 11:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
- New International Version (NIV)I will drive you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners and inflict punishment on you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and give you into the hands of foreigners, and execute judgments upon you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“And I will bring you out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and execute judgments on you.
Context of Ezekiel 11:9
7“So this is what the Almighty Lord says: The corpses that you put in the middle of the city are the meat, and the city is the cooking pot. I will force you out of the city. 8You are afraid of swords, so I will bring swords to attack you, declares the Almighty Lord. I will force you out of the city. I will hand you over to foreigners, and I will punish you. 10You will die in battle. I will judge you at Israel’s borders. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 11The city will not be your cooking pot, and you will not be the meat in it. I will judge you at Israel’s borders.
Read all of Ezekiel 11Ezekiel 11:9 word by word
וְהוֹצֵאתִ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ מִתּוֹכָ֔הּ וְנָתַתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּיַד־זָרִ֑ים וְעָשִׂ֛יתִי בָכֶ֖ם שְׁפָטִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And I will bring you outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
- of the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
- thereof, and deliverנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- you into the handsיָדyâd · handH3027
- of strangersזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
- and will executeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- judgmentsשֶׁ֫פֶטshepheţ · judgmentH8201
Cross-references for Ezekiel 11:9
- Ezekiel 21:31I will pour out my fury on you and breathe on you with my fiery anger. I will hand you over to cruel people who are skilled in destruction.
- Deuteronomy 28:36The Lord will lead you and the king you choose to a nation that you and your ancestors never knew. There you will worship gods made of wood and stone.
- 2 Kings 24:4including the innocent blood he had shed. He had a lot of innocent people in Jerusalem killed, and the Lord refused to forgive him.
- Nehemiah 9:36Look ⌞at us⌟ now. We’re slaves! In the land you gave our ancestors, they could eat its produce and ⌞enjoy⌟ its good things. But now we’re slaves!
- Psalms 106:41He handed them over to other nations, and those who hated them ruled them.
- Jeremiah 5:15Nation of Israel, I’m going to bring a nation from far away to attack you, declares the Lord. It is a nation that has lasted a long time. It is an ancient nation. You don’t know the language of this nation. You can’t understand what its people say.
- Jeremiah 39:6The king of Babylon slaughtered Zedekiah’s sons as Zedekiah watched at Riblah. He also slaughtered all the leaders of Judah.
- Ezekiel 5:8“So this is what the Almighty Lord says: I, too, am against you, and I will punish you in front of the nations.
- Ezekiel 16:38I will punish you the same way that those who are guilty of prostitution and murder are punished. I will give you the death penalty in my fury and burning anger.
- Ezekiel 30:19Then they will know that I am the Lord, because I will bring punishment on Egypt.’ ”
- Psalms 106:30Then Phinehas stood between God and the people, and the plague was stopped.
- Ecclesiastes 8:11When a sentence against a crime isn’t carried out quickly, people are encouraged to commit crimes.
- John 5:27“He has also given the Son authority to pass judgment because he is the Son of Man.
- Romans 13:4The government is God’s servant working for your good. But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid. The government has the right to carry out the death sentence. It is God’s servant, an avenger to execute God’s anger on anyone who does what is wrong.
- Jude 1:15He has come to judge all these people. He has come to convict all these ungodly sinners for all the ungodly things they have done and all the harsh things they have said about him.”
Commentaries on Ezekiel 11:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9And deliver you into the hands of strangers - This seems to refer chiefly to Zedekiah and his family.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-10God once saved his people from foreigners in Egypt, but now he would give them over to foreigners for judgment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. out of the midst thereof--that is, of the city, as captives led into the open plain for judgment.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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