Ezekiel 11:8

8 [The] sword you have feared, and [the] sword I will bring against you!" {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

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 made your slain ones numerous in this city, and you have filled its streets [with] slain ones." '

7 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Your slain ones whom you put in its midst, they [are] the flesh, and it is [the] pot, and I will bring you out from its midst.

8 [The] sword you have feared, and [the] sword I will bring against you!" {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

9 "And I will bring you out from its midst, and I will give you into [the] hand of strangers, and I will execute judgments against you.

10 By the sword you will fall at the border of Israel; I will judge you, and you will know that I [am] Yahweh.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "declaration of"