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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.”

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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.

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.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהוֹתַרְתִּ֤יve.ho.tar.Tiand I will leave overH3498 →
מֵהֶם֙me.Hemsome of them
אַנְשֵׁ֣י'an.Sheipeople ofH582 →
מִסְפָּ֔רmis.ParnumberH4557 →
מֵחֶ֖רֶבme.Che.revfrom [the] swordH2719 →
מֵרָעָ֣בme.ra.'Avfrom [the] famineH7458 →
וּמִדָּ֑בֶרu.mi.Da.verand from [the] pestilenceH1698 →
לְמַ֨עַןle.Ma.'anso thatH4616 →
יְסַפְּר֜וּye.sa.pe.Ruthey may recountH5608 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
תּוֹעֲבֽוֹתֵיהֶ֗םto.'a.vo.tei.Hemabominations theirH8441 →
בַּגּוֹיִם֙ba.go.Yimamong the nationsH1471 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whereH834 →
בָּ֣אוּBa.'uthey have goneH935 →
שָׁ֔םShamthereH8033 →
וְיָדְע֖וּve.ya.de.'Uand they will knowH3045 →
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588 →
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589 →
יְהוָֽה׃ פYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068 →

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Ezekiel 14:22Yet, 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.Exodus 12:12On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.Ezekiel 14:22–23Yet, 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.Jeremiah 22:8–9And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’Ezekiel 6:8–10Yet 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 6:8Yet I will leave a remnant, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the nations and throughout the lands.Amos 5:3This is what the Lord GOD says: “The city that marches out a thousand strong will only see a hundred return, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of Israel.”Isaiah 1:9Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.Jeremiah 4:27For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.1 Kings 20:28Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans think the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”Ezekiel 12:15And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.Jeremiah 5:10Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.Genesis 13:16I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.Jeremiah 3:24–25From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for—their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.Romans 11:4–5And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”Isaiah 6:13And 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 24:13So will it be on the earth and among the nations, like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest.Isaiah 10:19The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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