Bible Strands
Ezekiel 6:8
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Israel regarding the impending slaughter and exile that will follow the destruction of their idolatry. This declaration functions as a conditional promise embedded within a broader oracle of judgment pronounced against the mountains of Israel.
The words — The Hebrew term וְ/הוֹתַרְתִּי (ve./ho.tar.Ti) translates literally as "and I will leave over," establishing the remnant. The word פְּלִיטֵי (pe.Li.tei) denotes "escapees" who will survive the sword during the diaspora.
The thread — This remnant motif appears in Ezekiel 14:22, where survivors are brought out, and Isaiah 6:13, which compares the remaining tenth to a felled tree's stump. Jeremiah 44:14 contrasts this promise by noting that a remnant in Egypt will not escape to return to Judah.
Why it lands — The text states that survival will occur precisely within the act of scattering, not apart from it. It demands recognition that divine preservation operates through, rather than in avoidance of, judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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.”
- Jeremiah 44:14 so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”
- 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.”
- Jeremiah 30:11 For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
- Jeremiah 44:28 Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!
- Isaiah 27:7 Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her?
- Jeremiah 46:28 And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
- Ezekiel 5:2 When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.
- Ezekiel 5:12 A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.