Ezekiel 31:11

⁹ I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’

¹⁰ Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,

I delivered it into the hand of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with it according to its wickedness. I have banished it.

¹² Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.

¹³ All the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among its boughs.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I delivered it into the hand of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with it according to its wickedness. I have banished it.
KJV: I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
WEB: I will deliver him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations. He will surely deal with him. I have driven him out for his wickedness.
ASV: I will even deliver him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations; he shall surely deal with him; I have driven him out for his wickedness.
DARBY: I have given him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
BLB: so I will give it into the hand of the mighty one of the nations, and he will deal severely with it according to its wickedness! I have driven it out,

ÅB: så gir jeg ham i hendene på folkenes hersker, så han kan gjøre med ham som han vil. For hans ugudelighets skyld drev jeg ham ut,
OTB: overga jeg den til nasjonenes hersker, for at han skulle håndtere den etter dens ondskap. Jeg kastet den bort.
B1930: så gir jeg ham i hendene på folkenes hersker, så han kan gjøre med ham som han vil. For hans ugudelighets skyld drev jeg ham ut,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 32:11–12
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!
Read in context
Daniel 5:18–19
As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.
Read in context
Nahum 3:18
O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.
Read in context
Deuteronomy 18:12
For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.
Read in context
James 2:13
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Read in context
Ezekiel 11:9
I will bring you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners, and I will execute judgments against you.
Read in context
Matthew 7:1–2
“Do not judge, or you will be judged.
Read in context
Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
Read in context