Ezekiel 6:8
in Ezekiel 6Yet 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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ASV
Yet will I leave a remnant, in that ye shall have some that escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Ezekiel 6
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Yet I will leave a remnant
on Ezekiel 6:8-10
The Lord leaves “a remnant,” some who “escape the sword.” In exile “your survivors will remember Me,” and “they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done.” The recognition formula returns with an added clause: “I did not declare in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.”
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 8.) And I will leave among you those who have escaped the sword among the nations, when I scatter you among the lands. And they shall remember me, the ones who were delivered, among the nations where they were taken captive.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Yet will I leave a remnant,....
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהוֹתַרְתִּ֗י | vehotarti | and I will leave over | H3498 → | 106 times |
| בִּהְי֥וֹת | bihyot | when belong | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָכֶ֛ם | lakhem | to you | ||
| פְּלִ֥יטֵי | pelitei | escapees of | H6412 → | 24 times |
| חֶ֖רֶב | cherev | [the] sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם | bagoyim | among the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| בְּהִזָּרֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם | behizaroteikhem | when are dispersed you | H2219 → | 39 times |
| בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ | baaratzot | among the lands | H776 → | 2504 times |
וְהוֹתַרְתִּ֗יand I will leave over
vehotartiH3498 →106 times
בִּהְי֥וֹתwhen belong
bihyotH1961 →3559 times
לָכֶ֛םto you
lakhem
פְּלִ֥יטֵיescapees of
peliteiH6412 →24 times
חֶ֖רֶב[the] sword
cherevH2719 →413 times
בַּגּוֹיִ֑םamong the nations
bagoyimH1471 →561 times
בְּהִזָּרֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖םwhen are dispersed you
behizaroteikhemH2219 →39 times
בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃among the lands
baaratzotH776 →2504 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
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.”
it leads to
- Job 14:7–9
For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
- Romans 11:5–6
In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
- Genesis 22:18
And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
- Isaiah 65:8–9
This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on…
- Romans 11:16–29
If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
- Job 14:7–9
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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 6:8–10
Through
Jeremiah 44:28Those 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…
it leads to
- 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…
- Jeremiah 44:14
Through
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…
it leads to
- 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…
- Ezekiel 12:16
About Ezekiel

This page draws on Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
