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…

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…

have feared Ye fear. The language of the ruling class, in spite of its recklessness (Eze 11:11), betrays the consciousness of the risks they incur; and their fears shall be more than verified.