Bible Strands
Ezekiel 14:22
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord addresses Ezekiel following a declaration of four imminent judgments against Jerusalem. He announces that despite the coming destruction, a preserved remnant of sons and daughters will be delivered to the exiles.
The words — פְּלֵטָ֗ה (pele.tah) denotes an escaped remnant, while הַֽ/מּוּצָאִים֮ (ha./mu.tza.'im) describes those about to be led out. These terms anchor the text's claim that preservation will precede the survivors' arrival.
The thread — The preserved remnant motif appears in Ezekiel 12:16, where spared survivors recount their own abominations among the nations, and Ezekiel 20:43, where they remember their defiled ways and loathe themselves. Hebrews 12:6 later frames such corrective suffering as the Lord's discipline for those He receives.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to recognize that the survivors' conduct and actions will validate the justice of God's judgment. It demands an honest assessment of divine discipline rather than a dismissal of it as arbitrary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 12:16 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.”
- Ezekiel 20:43 There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done.
- Hebrews 12:6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
- Deuteronomy 4:31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.
- 2 Chronicles 36:20 Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.
- Isaiah 6:13 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.”
- Isaiah 10:20 On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 17:4 “In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,
- 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.
- Isaiah 40:1 “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.