Ezekiel 11:8

8 Are you afraid of swords? I will bring soldiers with swords to attack you.

Ezekiel 11:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 11:8

Ye have feared the sword
Of the Chaldeans; and therefore they sent to the Egyptians for help. The Targum is,

``ye have been afraid of them that kill with the sword;''
and not afraid of the Lord; see ( Matthew 10:28 ) ; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord God;
or those that kill with the sword, as the Targum; meaning the Chaldeans, who were sent by the Lord, and, when they took the city, put many to death by the sword, and carried captive others.

Ezekiel 11:8 In-Context

6 You have murdered so many people here in the city that the streets are full of corpses.
7 "So this is what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying to you. This city is a cooking pot all right, but what is the meat? The corpses of those you have killed! You will not be here - I will throw you out of the city!
8 Are you afraid of swords? I will bring soldiers with swords to attack you.
9 I will take you out of the city and hand you over to foreigners. I have sentenced you to death,
10 and you will be killed in battle in your own country. Then everyone will know that I am the Lord.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.