Ezekiel 6:8
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New International Version (©2011)
"'But I will spare some, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the lands and nations.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"But I will let a few of my people escape destruction, and they will be scattered among the nations of the world.

English Standard Version (©2001)
“Yet I will leave some of you alive. When you have among the nations some who escape the sword, and when you are scattered through the countries,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"However, I will leave a remnant, for you will have those who escaped the sword among the nations when you are scattered among the countries.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Yet I will leave a remnant when you are scattered among the nations, for throughout the countries there will be some of you who will escape the sword.

International Standard Version (©2012)
I'll leave a remnant among you—those who will escape the sword when I'll have scattered you throughout the earth.

NET Bible (©2006)
"'But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
" 'But I will let some people live. Some people will escape the battle among the nations and be scattered throughout the countries.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Yet will I leave a remnant, that you may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when you shall be scattered through the countries.

American King James Version
Yet will I leave a remnant, that you may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when you shall be scattered through the countries.

American Standard Version
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will leave in you some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when I shall have scattered you, through the countries.

Darby Bible Translation
Yet will I leave a remnant, in that ye shall have some escaped from the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
Yet will I leave a remnant, in that you shall have some that escape the sword among the nations, when you shall be scattered through the countries.

Young's Literal Translation
And I have caused some to remain, In their being to you the escaped of the sword among nations, In your being scattered through lands.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

6:8-10 A remnant of Israel should be left; at length they should remember the Lord, their obligations to him, and rebellion against him. True penitents see sin to be that abominable thing which the Lord hates. Those who truly loathe sin, loathe themselves because of sin. They give glory to God by their repentance. Whatever brings men to remember Him, and their sins against him, should be regarded as a blessing.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 8. - Yet will I leave a remnant, ere. The thought, though not the word, is that of Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 10:20; Zephaniah 2:7; Zephaniah 3:13; Jeremiah 43:5. For these, at least, the punishment would, in greater or less measure, do its work; and, in remembering Jehovah, they would find the beginning of conversion.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

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

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A Remnant Shall Be Blessed
8Yet will I leave a remnant, that you may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when you shall be scattered through the countries. 9And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations where they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which has departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. 10And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them. …

Isaiah 6:13 And though a tenth remains in the land, it will again be laid waste. But as the terebinth and oak leave stumps when they are cut down, so the holy seed will be the stump in the land."
Jeremiah 30:11 I am with you and will save you,' declares the LORD. 'Though I completely destroy all the nations among which I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you but only in due measure; I will not let you go entirely unpunished.'
Jeremiah 44:14 None of the remnant of Judah who have gone to live in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, to which they long to return and live; none will return except a few fugitives."
Jeremiah 44:28 Those who escape the sword and return to the land of Judah from Egypt will be very few. Then the whole remnant of Judah who came to live in Egypt will know whose word will stand--mine or theirs.
Ezekiel 5:10 Therefore in your midst parents will eat their children, and children will eat their parents. I will inflict punishment on you and will scatter all your survivors to the winds.
Ezekiel 6:7 Your people will fall slain among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 7:16 The fugitives who escape will flee to the mountains. Like doves of the valleys, they will all moan, each for their own sins.
Ezekiel 14:22 Yet there will be some survivors--sons and daughters who will be brought out of it. They will come to you, and when you see their conduct and their actions, you will be consoled regarding the disaster I have brought on Jerusalem--every disaster I have brought on it.