Verses 11-12 summarize the previous verses. Jerusalem will not be a safe place for its leaders, but God will judge and punish them before they can leave the country, and by this they will recognize and acknowledge God.

This city shall not be your caldron, nor shall you be the flesh in the midst of it: See verses 3 and 7.

I will judge you at the border of Israel: See verse 10.

Quoted with permission from Gross, Carl & Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Ezekiel. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2016. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .