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Ezekiel 12:16

Judgment

14 And I will scatter to every wind all the attendants around him and all his troops, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.

15 And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.

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.”

17 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

18 “Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
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 nations where they come. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
ASV
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 nations whither they come; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
DARBY
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 nations whither they shall come; and they shall know that I [am] Jehovah.
BLB
I will spare from their people a few—from the sword, from famine, and from pestilence—so that they may recount all their abominations among the nations to which they go there. And they will know that I [am] YHWH.”
ÅB
Bare noen få av dem vil jeg la bli igjen etter sverdet og hungeren og pesten, for at de skal fortelle om alle deres styggedommer iblant de folk som de kommer til, og de skal kjenne at jeg er Herren.
OTB
Men jeg vil spare noen få av dem fra sverdet, hungersnøden og pesten, så de kan fortelle om alle sine avskyelige handlinger blant nasjonene hvor de går, og de vil vite at jeg er Herren.”
B1930
Bare nogen få av dem vil jeg la bli igjen efter sverdet og hungeren og pesten, forat de skal fortelle om alle deres vederstyggeligheter iblandt de folk som de kommer til, og de skal kjenne at jeg er Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 22:8–9

    And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’

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  • Ezekiel 14:22–23

    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.

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  • Ezekiel 6:8–10

    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.

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  • Jeremiah 4:27

    For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.

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  • Isaiah 1:9

    Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.

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  • Isaiah 10:22

    Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

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  • Isaiah 24:13

    So will it be on the earth and among the nations, like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest.

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  • Amos 9:8–9

    Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.

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