Ezekiel 14:22
in Ezekiel 14Yet, 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be carried 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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Ezekiel 14
Commentary
8 notes on this verseBehold, they shall come forth unto you - Though there shall be great desolations in the land of Judea, yet a remnant shall be left that shall come here also as captives; and their account of the abominations of the people shall prove to you with what propriety I have acted in abandoning them to such general destruction. This speech is addressed to those who were already in captivity; i.e., those who had been led to Babylon with their king Jeconiah.
This site's exposition
My four dire judgments
on Ezekiel 14:21-23
The principle lands on Jerusalem, struck by “My four dire judgments” at once. Yet “some survivors will be left in it,” sons and daughters who come to the exiles. Their conduct will show the exiles “that it was not without cause that I have done all these things.”
This site's exposition
some survivors will be left
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read these survivors as guilty people brought out to Babylon. Clarke says their conduct would show the exiles why Jerusalem fell. The comfort comes from seeing the justice of the sentence.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 12, 13 and following) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, when a land sins against me by acting treacherously, I will stretch out my hand (some versions add 'upon it') and break its staff of bread, and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast. And if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver their own souls by their righteousness, declares the Lord of hosts.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Note, It is a very comfortable sight to see people, when they are under the rod, repenting and humbling themselves, justifying God and accepting the punishment of their iniquity. When we sorrow (as we ought to do) for the afflictions of others, it is a great comfort to us in our sorrow to see them improving their afflictions and making a good use of them.
Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the L ORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; 5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
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Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Yet . . . a remnant--not of righteous persons, but some of the guilty who should "come forth" from the destruction of Jerusalem to Babylon, to lead a life of hopeless exile there.
The words behind it
27 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִנֵּ֨ה | vehineh | and there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| נֽוֹתְרָה־ | notrah- | it will be left | H3498 → | 106 times |
| בָּ֜הּ | bah | in it | ||
| פְּלֵטָ֗ה | peletah | an escaped remnant | H6413 → | |
| הַֽמּוּצָאִים֮ | hamutzaim | <the> about to be led out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| בָּנִ֣ים | banim | sons | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וּבָנוֹת֒ | uvanot | and daughters | H1323 → | 588 times |
| הִנָּם֙ | hinam | there they | H2005 → | 316 times |
| יוֹצְאִ֣ים | yotzim | [are] about to come out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם | ʾaleikhem | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וּרְאִיתֶ֥ם | ureitem | and you will see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דַּרְכָּ֖ם | darkam | conduct their | H1870 → | 707 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֲלִֽילוֹתָ֑ם | alilotam | practices their | H5949 → | 24 times |
| וְנִחַמְתֶּ֗ם | venichamtem | and you will be comforted | H5162 → | 108 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָֽרָעָה֙ | haraah | the calamity | H7451 → | 662 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הֵבֵ֙אתִי֙ | heveti | I have brought | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| אֵ֛ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הֵבֵ֖אתִי | heveti | I have brought | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עָלֶֽיהָ׃ | ʾaleiha | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
וְהִנֵּ֨הand there!
vehinehH2009 →843 times
נֽוֹתְרָה־it will be left
notrah-H3498 →106 times
בָּ֜הּin it
bah
פְּלֵטָ֗הan escaped remnant
peletahH6413 →
הַֽמּוּצָאִים֮<the> about to be led out
hamutzaimH3318 →1067 times
בָּנִ֣יםsons
banimH1121 →4930 times
וּבָנוֹת֒and daughters
uvanotH1323 →588 times
הִנָּם֙there they
hinamH2005 →316 times
יוֹצְאִ֣ים[are] about to come out
yotzimH3318 →1067 times
אֲלֵיכֶ֔םto you
ʾaleikhemH413 →5510 times
וּרְאִיתֶ֥םand you will see
ureitemH7200 →1300 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דַּרְכָּ֖םconduct their
darkamH1870 →707 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
עֲלִֽילוֹתָ֑םpractices their
alilotamH5949 →24 times
וְנִחַמְתֶּ֗םand you will be comforted
venichamtemH5162 →108 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָֽרָעָה֙the calamity
haraahH7451 →662 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הֵבֵ֙אתִי֙I have brought
hevetiH935 →2568 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םJerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
אֵ֛ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הֵבֵ֖אתִיI have brought
hevetiH935 →2568 times
עָלֶֽיהָ׃on it
ʾaleihaH5921 →5755 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 5:19And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods…
it leads to
- 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?’
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 9:8–9
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land…
- Deuteronomy 28:47–48
Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,
- Jeremiah 16:13
So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you…
- Jeremiah 13:22
And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.
- Jeremiah 22:8–9
Through
Ezekiel 20:43There 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.
it leads to
- Hosea 5:15
Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
- Ezekiel 6:9
Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that…
- Hosea 5:15
Through
Ezekiel 12:16But 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…
it leads to
- 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.
- Ezekiel 6:8–10
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.