Ezekiel 12:16

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Ezekiel 12:16

But I will spare a few of them from the sword, famine, and plague so they can tell about all their detestable practices among the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”

Jeremiah 22:8-9

“Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why did the Lord do such a thing to this great city?’

Even so, there will be survivors left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out. Indeed, they will come out to you, and you will observe their conduct and actions. Then you will be consoled about the devastation I have brought on Jerusalem, about all I have brought on it.

Ezekiel 6:8-10

“Yet I will leave a remnant when you are scattered among the nations, for throughout the countries there will be some of you who will escape the sword.

Genesis 13:16

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

Leviticus 26:40-41

“But if they will confess their sin and the sin of their fathers—their unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, and how they acted with hostility toward Me,

Deuteronomy 29:24-28

All the nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

1 Kings 9:6-9

If you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep My commands—My statutes that I have set before you—and if you go and serve other gods and worship them,

Isaiah 1:9

If the Lord of Hosts
had not left us a few survivors,
we would be like Sodom,
we would resemble Gomorrah.

Isaiah 6:13

Though a tenth will remain in the land,
it will be burned again.
Like the terebinth or the oak
that leaves a stump when felled,
the holy seed is the stump.

Isaiah 10:19

The remaining trees of its forest
will be so few in number
that a child could count them.

Isaiah 10:22

Israel, even if your people were as numerous
as the sand of the sea,
only a remnant of them will return.
Destruction has been decreed;
justice overflows.

Isaiah 24:13

For this is how it will be on earth
among the nations:
like a harvested olive tree,
like a gleaning after a grape harvest.

Jeremiah 3:24-25

From the time of our youth
the shameful one has consumed
what our fathers have worked for—
their flocks and their herds,
their sons and their daughters.

Jeremiah 4:27

For this is what the Lord says:

The whole land will be a desolation,
but I will not finish it off.

Jeremiah 30:11

For I will be with you—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
to save you!
I will bring destruction on all the nations
where I have scattered you;
however, I will not bring destruction on you.
I will discipline you justly,
and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

Ezekiel 36:31

“Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and detestable practices.

Daniel 9:5-12

we have sinned, done wrong, acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from Your commands and ordinances.

Amos 9:8-9

Look, the eyes of the Lord God
are on the sinful kingdom,
and I will destroy it
from the face of the earth.
However, I will not totally destroy
the house of Jacob—
this is the Lord’s declaration—

Matthew 7:14

How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.

Matthew 24:22

Unless those days were limited, no one would survive. But those days will be limited because of the elect.

Romans 9:27

But Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:

Though the number of Israel’s sons
is like the sand of the sea,
only the remnant will be saved;

Romans 11:4-5

But what was God’s reply to him? I have left 7,000 men for Myself who have not bowed down to Baal.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ezekiel 12:16

But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

A few men

Genesis 13:16

Isaiah 10:19

Romans 9:27

That they

Daniel 9:5

And they

Deuteronomy 29:24

1 Kings 9:6

Jeremiah 22:8

General references

Leviticus 26:33

Ezekiel 6:8

Ezekiel 12:15

Bible References

A few men

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

The remaining trees of its forest
will be so few in number
that a child could count them.

But Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:

Though the number of Israel’s sons
is like the sand of the sea,

only the remnant will be saved;

That they

“Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and detestable practices.

“But if they will confess their sin and the sin of their fathers—their unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, and how they acted with hostility toward Me,

From the time of our youth
the shameful one has consumed
what our fathers have worked for—
their flocks and their herds,
their sons and their daughters.

we have sinned, done wrong, acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from Your commands and ordinances.

And they

All the nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

If you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep My commands—My statutes that I have set before you—and if you go and serve other gods and worship them,

“Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why did the Lord do such a thing to this great city?’

General references

But I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw a sword to chase after you. So your land will become desolate, and your cities will become ruins.

“Yet I will leave a remnant when you are scattered among the nations, for throughout the countries there will be some of you who will escape the sword.

They will know that I am Yahweh when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries.