Ezekiel 6:8 “Yet I will leave a remnant, for some of you will escape the sword when…”

Ezekiel 6:8

Yet I will leave a remnant, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the nations and throughout the lands.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.

World English Bible

“‘“Yet I will leave a remnant, in that you will have some that escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the countries.

American Standard Version

Yet will I leave a remnant, in that ye shall have some that escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.

Geneva Bible 1599

Yet will I leaue a remnant, that you may haue some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when you shalbe scattred through the countreyes.

Darby Translation

Yet will I leave a remnant, in that ye shall have some escaped from the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have caused [some] to remain, In their being to you the escaped of the sword among nations, In your being scattered through lands.

Bible in Basic English

But still, I will keep a small band safe from the sword among the nations, when you are sent wandering among the countries.

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Cross references

“Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.”

Ezekiel 14:22 Ezekiel 12:16 Isaiah 6:13 Jeremiah 44:14 Jeremiah 30:11 Jeremiah 44:28

Ezekiel 14:22 · BSB

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 brough…

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.”

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.”

Jeremiah 44:14 · BSB

so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”

Jeremiah 30:11 · BSB

For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means…

Jeremiah 44:28 · BSB

Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!

Also

Ezekiel 7:16

Ezekiel 7:16 · BSB

The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.

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

In context

7The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.

9Then 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 will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.

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