Ezekiel 17:21

All his fugitives; not strictly, but in large sense: all, i.e. the greatest part, as. Jeremiah 13:19, Jeremiah 44:22 Matthew 2:3; Matthew 2:5, of those who, at the taking of Jerusalem, attempt to flee with their king. His bands; his guards, probably of stoutest men, reserved to convey him in safety from the pursuing enemy. Shall fall by the sword; the enemy shall overtake, and cut in pieces. The few that do escape shall be scattered abroad among strangers, who will show them very little kindness. The miseries these people shall fall under shall be of such weight and continuance, that all shall know it is the execution of an extraordinary wrath from Heaven against them.