Ezekiel 6:8

THE MESSAGE

"‘But I'll let a few escape the killing as you are scattered through other lands and nations. In the foreign countries where they're taken as prisoners of war, they'll remember me. They'll realize how devastated I was by their betrayals, by their voracious lust for gratifying themselves in their idolatries. They'll be disgusted with their evil ways, disgusting to God in the way they've lived. They'll know that I am God . They'll know that my judgment against them was no empty threat.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“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.

Hebrew Names Version
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.

King James Version
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.

English Standard Version
"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
"However, I will leave a remnant, in that you will have those who escaped the sword among the nations when you are scattered among the countries.

New Century Version
"‘But I will leave some people alive; some will not be killed by the nations when you are scattered among the foreign lands.

Amplified Bible
"Yet I will leave some of you alive [a remnant], for you will have some who escaped the sword among the nations when you are scattered throughout 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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet will I leaue a remnant, that you may haue some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when you shalbe scattred through the countreyes.

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.

Legacy Standard Bible
"However, I will leave a remnant, for you will have those who escaped the sword among the nations when you are scattered among the lands.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

Contemporary English Version
I will let some of the people live through this punishment, but I will scatter them among the nations,

Complete Jewish Bible
"‘"Nevertheless, I will leave a remnant, some who will escape the sword among the nations, when you have been scattered throughout the countries.

Darby 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.

Easy-to-Read Version
God said, "But I will let a few of your people escape. They will live in other countries for a short time. I will scatter them and force them to live in other countries.

George Lamsa Translation
Yet I will leave a remnant of you among the nations, those of you who shall escape the sword and are scattered through the cities.

Good News Translation
"I will let some escape the slaughter and be scattered among the nations,

Lexham English Bible
But I will spare some, so there will be for you fugitives from the sword among the nations when you are scattered in the countries.

Literal Translation
Yet I will leave a remainder, so that may be left to you those who escape the sword among the nations, in your scattering among the lands.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Those yt amoge you haue escaped the swearde, will I leaue amonge the Gentiles, for I will scatre you amonge the nacions.

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.

Bible in Basic English
But still, I will keep a small band safe from the sword among the nations, when you are sent wandering among the countries.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.

King James Version (1611)
Yet will I leaue a remnant, that he may haue some, that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shalbe scattered through the countreys.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yet wyll I leaue a remnaunt, that you may haue [some] that shall escape the sworde among the nations, when as ye shalbe scattered through the countreis.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
When there are some of you escaping from the sword among the Gentiles, and when ye are scattered in 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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y schal leeue in you hem that fledden swerd among hethene men, whanne Y schal scatere you in to londis.

Update Bible Version
Yet I will leave a remnant, in that you shall have some that escape the sword among the nations, when you 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.

New English Translation
"‘But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands.

New King James Version
"Yet I will leave a remnant, so that you may have some who escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the countries.

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

New Life Bible
"But I will leave some of you alive. For some of you will get away from the sword when you are spread among the lands and nations.

New Revised Standard
But I will spare some. Some of you shall escape the sword among the nations and be scattered through the countries.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yet will I leave a remnant: In that ye shall have such as are escaped of the sword throughout the nations, when ye are scattered throughout the lands.

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.

Revised Standard Version
"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,

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.

Contextual Overview

⁸"‘But I'll let a few escape the killing as you are scattered through other lands and nations. In the foreign countries where they're taken as prisoners of war, they'll remember me. They'll realize how devastated I was by their betrayals, by their voracious lust for gratifying themselves in their idolatries. They'll be disgusted with their evil ways, disgusting to God in the way they've lived. They'll know that I am God . They'll know that my judgment against them was no empty threat.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ezekiel 5:2, Ezekiel 5:12, Ezekiel 12:16, Ezekiel 14:22, Isaiah 6:13, Isaiah 27:7, Isaiah 27:8, Jeremiah 30:11, Jeremiah 44:14, Jeremiah 44:28, Jeremiah 46:28, Romans 9:27, Romans 11:5, Romans 11:6

Reciprocal: Ezra 9:8 - a remnant Ezra 9:14 - no remnant Esther 3:8 - scattered abroad Isaiah 1:9 - a very Isaiah 24:13 - there Jeremiah 13:24 - will Jeremiah 29:18 - will deliver Jeremiah 31:7 - remnant Ezekiel 5:10 - the whole Ezekiel 7:16 - they 1 Peter 1:1 - scattered

Cross-References

Genesis 6:17
"I'm going to bring a flood on the Earth that will destroy everything alive under Heaven. Total destruction.

Psalms 145:20
God sticks by all who love him, but it's all over for those who don't.

Proverbs 12:2
A good person basks in the delight of God , and he wants nothing to do with devious schemers.

Jeremiah 31:2
This is the way God put it: "They found grace out in the desert, these people who survived the killing. Israel, out looking for a place to rest, met God out looking for them!" God told them, "I've never quit loving you and never will. Expect love, love, and more love! And so now I'll start over with you and build you up again, dear virgin Israel. You'll resume your singing, grabbing tambourines and joining the dance. You'll go back to your old work of planting vineyards on the Samaritan hillsides, And sit back and enjoy the fruit— oh, how you'll enjoy those harvests! The time's coming when watchmen will call out from the hilltops of Ephraim: ‘On your feet! Let's go to Zion, go to meet our God !'"

Romans 4:4
If you're a hard worker and do a good job, you deserve your pay; we don't call your wages a gift. But if you see that the job is too big for you, that it's something only God can do, and you trust him to do it—you could never do it for yourself no matter how hard and long you worked—well, that trusting-him-to-do-it is what gets you set right with God, by God. Sheer gift.

Romans 11:6
The Loyal Minority Does this mean, then, that God is so fed up with Israel that he'll have nothing more to do with them? Hardly. Remember that I, the one writing these things, am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham out of the tribe of Benjamin. You can't get much more Semitic than that! So we're not talking about repudiation. God has been too long involved with Israel, has too much invested, to simply wash his hands of them. Do you remember that time Elijah was agonizing over this same Israel and cried out in prayer? God, they murdered your prophets, They trashed your altars; I'm the only one left and now they're after me! And do you remember God's answer? I still have seven thousand who haven't quit, Seven thousand who are loyal to the finish. It's the same today. There's a fiercely loyal minority still—not many, perhaps, but probably more than you think. They're holding on, not because of what they think they're going to get out of it, but because they're convinced of God's grace and purpose in choosing them. If they were only thinking of their own immediate self-interest, they would have left long ago.

1 Corinthians 15:10
But because God was so gracious, so very generous, here I am. And I'm not about to let his grace go to waste. Haven't I worked hard trying to do more than any of the others? Even then, my work didn't amount to all that much. It was God giving me the work to do, God giving me the energy to do it. So whether you heard it from me or from those others, it's all the same: We spoke God's truth and you entrusted your lives.

Titus 2:11
God's readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation's available for everyone! We're being shown how to turn our backs on a godless, indulgent life, and how to take on a God-filled, God-honoring life. This new life is starting right now, and is whetting our appetites for the glorious day when our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, appears. He offered himself as a sacrifice to free us from a dark, rebellious life into this good, pure life, making us a people he can be proud of, energetic in goodness.

Gill's Notes on the 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.