Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
Few in number
General references
Bible References
Few in number
Deuteronomy 4:27
And Jehovah shall scatter you among the nations, and you shall be left few in number among the nations where Jehovah shall drive you.
Leviticus 26:22
I will also send wild beasts among you, who shall bereave you. And I will destroy your cattle, and make you few. And your highways shall be deserted.
2 Kings 13:7
For He had not left a people remaining to Jehoahaz, but only fifty horsemen and ten chariots and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them and had made them like the dust at threshing-time.
2 Kings 24:14
And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the leaders, and all the mighty men of war, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except the poorest sort of the people of the land.
Nehemiah 7:4
And the city was large and great, but the people in it were few, and the houses not built.
Isaiah 1:9
Except Jehovah of Hosts had left us a very small remnant, we would be as Sodom; we would be like Gomorrah.
Isaiah 24:6
Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and they who dwell in it are deserted; therefore the people of the earth are burned, and few men left.
Jeremiah 42:2
And they said to Jeremiah the prophet, Please let our cry be pleasing to you, and pray for us to Jehovah your God, even for all this remnant, (for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes behold us),
Jeremiah 52:28
This is the people whom Nebuchadnezzar exiled: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews;
Mark 13:20
And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved. But for the elect's sake, whom He has chosen, He has shortened the days.
Romans 9:27
Isaiah also cries concerning Israel, "Though the number of the sons of Israel is as the sands of the sea, a remnant shall be saved.
General references
Deuteronomy 4:27
And Jehovah shall scatter you among the nations, and you shall be left few in number among the nations where Jehovah shall drive you.