Ezekiel 31:11

Pride

⁹ I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

¹⁰ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;

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.

¹² And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

¹³ Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:

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 thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
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Daniel 5:18–19
O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
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Nahum 3:18
Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
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Deuteronomy 18:12
For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
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James 2:13
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
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Ezekiel 11:9
And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
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Matthew 7:1–2
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
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Jeremiah 25:9
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
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