Ezekiel 12:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.

There will be so few trees left in his forest, a child will be able to count them.

And Isaiah cries out on behalf of Israel, "Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved,

That they

Yet 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 behavior and their deeds, you will be consoled about the catastrophe I have brought on Jerusalem -- for everything I brought on it.

Then you will remember your evil behavior and your deeds which were not good; you will loathe yourselves on account of your sins and your abominable deeds.

However, when they confess their iniquity and their ancestors' iniquity which they committed by trespassing against me, by which they also walked in hostility against me

From earliest times our worship of that shameful god, Baal, has taken away all that our ancestors worked for. It has taken away our flocks and our herds, and even our sons and daughters.

we have sinned! We have done what is wrong and wicked; we have rebelled by turning away from your commandments and standards.

And they

Then all the nations will ask, "Why has the Lord done all this to this land? What is this fierce, heated display of anger all about?"

"But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods,

"'People from other nations will pass by this city. They will ask one another, "Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?"

General references

I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste.

"'But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands.

"Then they will know that I am the Lord when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among foreign countries.