Ezekiel 14:22 “Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who…”

Ezekiel 14:22

Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

World English Bible

Yet, behold, there will be left a remnant in it that will be carried out, both sons and daughters. Behold, they will come out to you, and you will see their way and their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it.

American Standard Version

Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be carried forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings; and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

Geneva Bible 1599

Yet beholde, therein shalbe left a remnant of them that shalbe caryed away both sonnes and daughters: behold, they shall come forth vnto you, and ye shall see their way, and their enterprises: and ye shall be comforted, concerning the euill that I haue brought vpon Ierusalem, euen concerning al that I haue brought vpon it.

Darby Translation

But behold, there shall be left in it those that escape, who shall be brought out of [it], sons and daughters. Behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings; and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, as to all that I have brought upon it.

Young's Literal Translation

yet, lo, there hath been left in it an escape, who are brought forth, sons and daughters, lo, they are coming forth unto you, and ye have seen their way, and their doings, and have been comforted concerning the evil that I have brought in against Jerusalem, all that which I have brought in against it.

Bible in Basic English

But truly, there will still be a small band who will be safe, even sons and daughters: and they will come out to you, and you will see their ways and their doings: and you will be comforted about the evil which I have sent on Jerusalem, even about everything I have sent on it.

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Cross references

“behold, therein”

Hebrews 12:6–11 Deuteronomy 4:31 2 Chronicles 36:20 Isaiah 6:13 Isaiah 10:20–22 Isaiah 17:4–6

Hebrews 12:6–11 · BSB

For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”

Deuteronomy 4:31 · BSB

For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.

2 Chronicles 36:20 · BSB

Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.

Isaiah 6:13 · BSB

And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”

Isaiah 10:20–22 · BSB

On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 17:4–6 · BSB

“In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,

“ye shall see”

Ezekiel 20:43 Ezekiel 16:63 Ezekiel 36:31 Jeremiah 31:17–21 Ezekiel 6:9 Ezekiel 6:10

Ezekiel 20:43 · BSB

There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done.

Ezekiel 16:63 · BSB

so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 36:31 · BSB

Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.

Jeremiah 31:17–21 · BSB

So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.

Ezekiel 6:9 · BSB

Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they…

Ezekiel 6:10 · BSB

And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not declare in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.

“ye shall be”

Jeremiah 3:21–25

Jeremiah 3:21–25 · BSB

A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God.

Also

Ezekiel 12:16 Ezekiel 16:54

Ezekiel 12:16 · BSB

But I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

Ezekiel 16:54 · BSB

So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?

23They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

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