You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
We have here, I. The great security of the prince's of Jerusalem, notwithstanding the judgements of God that were upon them, The prophet was brought, in vision, to the gate of the temple where these princes sat in council upon the present arduous affairs of the city: The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of the Lord's house, and behold twenty-five men were there.
Commenting on Ezekiel 11:1-13
Ye shall fall by the sword,.... Of the Chaldeans; not in the city of Jerusalem, but out of it, when it was broken up, and they fled: I will judge you in the border of Israel; that is, inflict punishment on them, particularly by the sword; which was done at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where the sons of Zedekiah were slain, and all...
in the border of Israel--on the frontier: at Riblah, in the land of Hamath (compare Kg2 25:19-21, with Kg1 8:65). ye shall know that I am the Lord--by the judgments I inflict (Psa 9:16).