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Thus God by his providence fulfilled his threatening by his prophet Ezekiel, Eze_17:12. Riblah was upon the borders of Canaan, as appeareth from Num_34:11; it was in the land of Hamath, of which we read 2Ki_17:24, being one of those provinces in the dominion of the king of Assyria, from whence he brought men to place them in the land of Israel after that he had conquered the ten tribes. It is not usual for princes upon conquests to sit in judgment upon princes conquered, but the reason of it in this case was because Zedekiah was a tributary to the king of Babylon, and so subject to his power, having made a covenant with him, and secured his allegiance by his oath to him, and then rebelled against him, as we read, Eze_17:13-18.