Ezekiel 6:8

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
remnant	וְהוֹתַרְתִּ֗י ve.ho.tar.Ti	H3498	to jut over or exceed · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
escape	פְּלִ֥יטֵי pe.Li.tei	H6412	a refugee · noun, common masculine plural construct
sword	חֶ֖רֶב Che.rev	H2719	drought · noun, common feminine singular absolute
nations	בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם ba.go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
scattered	בְּהִזָּרֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם be.hi.za.ro.tei.Khem	H2219	to toss about · preposition + verb, niphal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
countries	בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת ba.'a.ra.Tzot	H776	the earth (at large · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Ezekiel 14:22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, a…
Isaiah 6:13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when the…
Jeremiah 44:14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should retur…
Ezekiel 12:16 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 am…
Jeremiah 30:11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make…
Jeremiah 44:28 Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that ar…
Isaiah 27:7-8 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?
Jeremiah 46:28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven t…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 6:8-10

Judgment had hitherto triumphed, but in these verses mercy rejoices against judgment. A sad end is made of this provoking people, but not a full end. The ruin seems to be universal, and yet will I leave a remnant, a little remnant, distinguished from the body of the people, a few of many, such as are left when the rest perish; and it is God that leaves them. This intimates that they deserved to be cut off with the rest, and would have been cut off if God had not left them. See Isa 1:9. And it is God who by his grace works that in them which he has an eye to in sparing them. Now, I. It is a preserved remnant, saved from the ruin which the body of the nation is involved in (Eze 6:8): That you…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 6:8

Mitigation of the extreme severity of their punishment; still their life shall be a wretched one, and linked with exile (Eze 5:2, Eze 5:12; Eze 12:16; Eze 14:22; Jer 44:28).

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 6:5

Will scatter your bones round about your altars - This was literally fulfilled by the Chaldeans. According to Baruch, 2:24, 25, they opened the sepulchres of the principal people, and threw the bones about on every side.

John Gill on Ezekiel 6:8

Yet will I leave a remnant,.... Not in Judea, but in Babylon, and in the countries where they should be dispersed, as follows: that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations; which was threatened to be drawn, and sent after them, Ezekiel 5:2; but all should not perish by if; some should escape; for this was not the time to make a full end of them: when ye shall be scattered through the countries; that is, of Egypt, Ammon, Moab, and Assyria; for this respects their dispersion at the time of the Babylonish captivity, and not their present dispersion.

John Calvin on Ezekiel 6:8

Ezekiel 6:8 8. 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. 8. Et residuum faciam, [133] ut sint vobis qui evadant gladium in gentibus, cum dispersi fueritis per terras. Yet here another promise is added, which may temper the bitterness of so sorrowful a prophecy. For hitherto God shows that he burns with indignation against the land of Israel, so that he determined to destroy it, since it was polluted everywhere, and at all corners. Nothing could therefore be hoped for, if Ezekiel had spoken precisely; therefore a promise is added in mitigation -- I will leave a remnant, says he, that yo…

The Church Fathers

(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. That which the Lord speaks to Elijah: I have left for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal (1 Kings 19:18); and the Apostle Paul writes: And now at this present time, there is a remnant according to the election of grace that has been saved (Romans 11:5), which may be applicable to this chapter. For indeed the Apostles, who were of the seed of Israel and had fled the sword, are therefore reserved, so that they might be scattered into the lands and preach the Gospel among the nations, and be remembered among the nations of God, in which they were living during the time of captivity. And it can also be said that some were reserved from the captivity of Judah, so that they might be remembered among the nations and preach the power of His name. The peoples of the heretics who were able to escape the sword of their destruction, and the wicked faction that had been incited against God, will remember the name of God, repenting and rejoicing that they were captured by the men of the Church.
— Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel

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Dictionary and topics

Jews, The · Scattered among the nations — Scattered among the nations

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Ezekiel 6:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 6:8-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 6:8

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 6:5

John Gill on Ezekiel 6:8

John Calvin on Ezekiel 6:8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 6:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 6:8-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 6:8

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 6:5

John Gill on Ezekiel 6:8

John Calvin on Ezekiel 6:8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 6:1-10

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 6:8-10

Rashi on Ezekiel 6:6